Grasshopper

In the 1930s the grasshopper, supposedly named for the jumpy effect it produced, was a temperance drink made of lemon juice, orange juice, a raw egg, sugar, and ice. The alcoholic version, probably invented in the 1960s, was an after-dinner drink of crème de menthe, crème de cacao, and heavy cream, shaken with ice and strained into a cocktail glass. It became a sweet and minty “girl drink,” named for its color. The grasshopper had fallen out of favor by the early twenty-first century but was still available in a frozen, ice cream version, the “Flying Grasshopper,” at the international T. G. I. Friday’s chain.