SHOCKING: "Watermelon" Cocktail Recipe Has No Watermelon in its Ingredients

As a second-semester college senior, I have the opportunity to take a mixology course offered by my University. Today, while waiting for class to start, I flipped through the pages of our "textbook," Bartending 101: The Basics of Mixology from the Harvard Student Agencies, Inc. Bartending Course.

I came across this cocktail recipe titled "Watermelon" and next to it an illustration of a highball glass next to a slice of watermelon.

The ingredients are as follows:

• 1 oz. strawberry liqueur

• 1 oz. vodka

• orange juice to 3/4 fill

• sour mix to fill

• dash grenadine

• garnish with an orange slice

Serve over ice in a highball glass.

Wait a minute... did you see watermelon mentioned? No? Yes, it is true: this cocktail has no watermelon in it. NONE! Zero! Instead it uses strawberry liqueur... STRAWBERRY LIQUEUR! In a cocktail with WATERMELON as its title. I'm absolutely shocked and outraged over the lack of watermelon in this recipe. Perhaps I should go to the authors of this book and show them what a watermelon looks like. There is a clear lack of communication between authors and illustrators. At least they know what watermelon looks like.

/s

Would still try, though.

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