Rob Roy Cocktail

This cocktail is named after Rob Roy MacGregor, seen by many Scots as a hero and a Robin Hood type, who was born in the 1600s when Scotland was an independent kingdom. In 1707, Scotland joined the United Kingdom, which continues to this day, although Scotland has its own government that has a good deal of control over many matters within Scotland. 

 

I'm not much for stirred or shaken cocktails, I prefer cocktails served over ice ("on the rocks," to those learning English), and I make Rob Roys for myself on the rocks, but for this I stirred it and strained it into a small wine glass. Now, using such a glass for this cocktail will likely get me banned from high society ... (Ahh, you've never been in high society, Randy). Don't let such silly "rules" dominate your life. Use what you have and don't let such absolute nonsense bother you. A martini glass/cocktail glass is considered "proper."

Ingredients:

2 parts scotch whiskey

1 part sweet vermouth

1 to 3 dashes angostura bitters

twist of orange peel (or lemon), in the glass or attached to the glass

In a mixing glass or even just another glass or a bowl, add the scotch, sweet vermouth and bitters, along with some ice. Stir for like 30 seconds, strain into whatever glass you use for serving. Rub the rim of the glass with the twist of orange peel or lemon peel, then add it to the cocktail. 

I know it isn't easy to see, but the orange peel IS IN THERE ...

WORD HISTORY:

Cadet (Caddie/Caddy)-"Cadet" is related to a good number of words, including, distantly, to "head," a word from the Germanic roots of English, to "cap," a long ago borrowing by Old Germanic from Latin, with Germanic passing it to its offspring, to the noun "cape," the garment, a Latin-derived word borrowed by English from French, which had borrowed it from Occitan (a Latin-based language of the western Mediterranean region, which includes parts of modern Spain, France, Monaco and Italy), and also "cape," "a piece of land that juts into a body of water," another Latin-derived word borrowed by English from French, which had it directly from Latin, or "perhaps" via Occitan, and to "chapter," another Latin-derived word borrowed by English from French. "Cadet" goes back to Indo European "kauput," which meant "head." This gave its Italic/Latin offspring "caput," with the same meaning. This gave Latin the noun "capitulum," which literally meant "small head;" thus, "in the shape or form of a head," also, "the main divisions of texts." This later gave Latin the noun "capitellum," "a person of less status or position" (initially not particularly used in military terminology, rather mainly used within families for male children), also "a leader, chief" (of lesser status?). This gave Gascon, an Occitan language/dialect of southwestern France, "capdet," meaning, "a younger male of a noble family," and "young nobles serving at court with the purpose of learning to become military officers" (the oldest son being in line to succeed the father as head of the family). French took this as "cadet," with the meaning "young male noble," and also "seemingly" then expanded to "a younger male family member," apparently in a general sense, not necessarily from a noble family. Later in French, the meaning "student military officer, an officer in training," was added. English borrowed the word as "cadet" in the first part of the 1600s initially with the meaning "younger male family member (that is, "younger son," for a father, and "younger brother," from the perspective of the oldest son), and this was followed within a couple of decades by the meaning, "young gentlemen training to be military officers for a career." In Scotland, just before the mid 1600s, the term "cadet" was rendered as "caddie" in Scots English (in those times seen as a dialect, in modern times seen as a separate language) meaning "a student learning soldiering," but by the 1730s the term "caddie" was being used for "a person who performs errands for another, one who does odd jobs," and it seems by the mid 1800s (perhaps earlier?) the person who acted as a helper for a golfer (golf was invented in Scotland) was called a "caddie."  The spelling "caddy" seems to have developed in the very late 1800s. The additional meaning for "caddy/caddie" is "a device with wheels used to transport objects by pulling the device, rather than carrying the objects by hand."