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Dick Moano´s "Introducing original Polynesian tropical bar recipes ... mai tai, navy grog 1963 |
bochi
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Joined: Dec 21, 2012
Posts: 2 |  Posted: 2012-12-21 04:01 am Permalink
Hello,
does anyone own the book "Introducing original Polynesian tropical bar recipes ... mai tai, navy grog ... and many more" from Dick Moano (Aku-Aku) or does someone have a digital copy of it?
I can´t find anything about this book in the internet and i think it would be very interesting. Was there a mention of the mai tai recipe before 1963? Trader Vic published his first recipe of the mai tai in the 70s. did´t he?
Cheers from
Münster / Germany
Bochi
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Hale Tiki
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Joined: Oct 19, 2004
Posts: 1385
From: Pittsburgh
| Posted: 2012-12-21 05:02 am Permalink
Welcome Bochi!
Do some searching around the forums, you'll find a wealth of information.
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=20200&forum=10 is a great thread on the components of the mai tai, for example.
As far as the Mai Tai goes, there's a long-standing debate, which was settled by a lawsuit in 1970, that Trader Vic invented the Mai Tai. Don the Beachcomber claimed to have invented it in 1933, but if you check out the link below, you'll find a good history of it, as well as more information.
http://temperedspirits.com/2012/07/13/the-mai-tai/
Sadly, I don't have the book that you mention, but hope that some of this information has helped!
Also, check out all of the Beachbum Berry books, browse through our forums, get yourself an orgeat recipe, and welcome to tiki!
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bochi
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Joined: Dec 21, 2012
Posts: 2 | Posted: 2012-12-21 06:03 am Permalink
Hi thanks a lot,
i wasn´t searching for infos about the mai tai. i am searching infos about the book and wanted to know if there were more prviously published recipes. the first published recipe i know is from the 70s and i wondered if there were some recipes published before.
i contacted jeff and he said that there were some books that published a mai tai recipe before trader vic did but this were only guesses. he also had this book in his hand a longer time ago and published a few recipes in his intoxica book.
so if anyone knows someone who owns this book i am interested in a digital copy or some photos becaue i think it´s an interesting booklet.
Cheers
Bochi
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Hale Tiki
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Joined: Oct 19, 2004
Posts: 1385
From: Pittsburgh
| Posted: 2012-12-21 06:51 am Permalink
Sorry, I think something got lost in translation, or perhaps I'm missing something.
Surely Vic published a Mai Tai recipe before 1970. Anyone care to jump in on this? All my cocktail books are in storage, except for Okole Maluna, which I'll consult when I get home.
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Hale Tiki
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Joined: Oct 19, 2004
Posts: 1385
From: Pittsburgh
| Posted: 2012-12-21 06:58 am Permalink
Good luck finding the book. I'll be sure to post it if I can find one.
I recently scanned in a bunch of old cocktail books for posterity's sake, and that us one I do not have.
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Trad'r Bill
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From: Hercules, CA
| Posted: 2012-12-21 07:39 am Permalink
I found the listing on Amazon - but it's out of stock: http://www.amazon.com/Introducing-original-Polynesian-tropical-recipes/dp/B0007K3IRU looks intriguing
-Trad'r Bill
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TropicDrinkBoy
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Joined: Feb 27, 2011
Posts: 155 | Posted: 2012-12-21 7:53 pm Permalink
I'd also be interested in learning if he published it before 1972. Of course Trader Vic created the Mai Tai in 1944 but I don't know of any instances where he published the recipe before his 1972 "Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide". It is not in the 1947 "Bartender's Guide by Trader Vic". I also have the 1968 "Trader Vic's Pacific Island Cookbook" and while it has a few recipes for some of his exotic cocktails the Mai Tai is not one of them. They were selling the Mai Tai mix prior to publishing the recipe from basic ingredients in 1972.
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