1938 Famous New Orleans Drinks and how to mix'em (3rd printing) by Stanley Clisby Arthur

Roffignac Cocktail 1 jigger whiskey 1 pony sirup

seltzer or soda water ra§pberry sirup

Pour into a highball glass the jigger of whiskey (or use cognac, as in the original drink). Add the sirup, which may be rasp- berry, grenadine, or. red Hembarig, the sweetening used in New Orleans a century ago. Add the soda water. Ice, of course. Joseph Rofl&gnac, before he fled his native land of France at the time of the Revolution, was Count Louis Philippe Joseph de Roffignac. In time he became a lead ing merchant in New Orleans, the city of his adoption, and its mayor for eight years. He fought the British under "Old Hickory" at the Battle of New Orleans, served in the state legislature, and was a banker of note. As mayor he introduced street lighting, and laid the first cobblestones in Royal street. For all his many honors, Roffignac's name comes to us through the years linked with a favorite tipple of Old New Orleans—the Roffig While not so celebrated as A. A. Peychaud's cocktail, it was equally potent. The red Hembarig mentioned in the directions for mixing was a popular sirup when old New Orleans was young. nac.

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