French Connection Cocktail

A good cocktail that seemingly was invented in honor of the famous 1970's movie, "The French Connection."

Ingredients:

2 parts cognac
1 part amaretto
ice

 Use an "Old Fashioned" glass, also called a "rocks glass." Add ice, then add the cognac and amaretto, stir to mix.

WORD HISTORY:
Amaretto-This word seems to go back to an Indo European form like "ahm-ro," with the notion, "sour, bitter;" thus also by extension, "raw," and "harsh" (of taste and sound). This gave Latin the noun "amaror," meaning "bitterness," and the adjective "amarus," meaning "bitter." This gave Italian the adjective "amaro" meaning "bitter," as well as the noun of the same spelling ("amaro)," meaning "bitterness," but also "bitter herbal drink for help with digestion." The diminutive form in Italian was created by the "etto" ending, and the form "amaretto" was applied to an almond-flavored digestive in the mid 1800s in Italy, a form which has continued to this day. "Amaretti" are almond flavored cookies, with the word form being the plural of "amaretto." The cookies "may" have originally been somewhat bitter, rather than almond flavored, a taste perhaps developed in the cookies to mimic the digestive drink.