Tres Leches (1984); Cosmopolitan (1993); Happy Hour (1959); Panna (1987)

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TRES LECHES

   This is a year earlier than I'd posted   Again, "1949" below should be
"1993."
   "Tres leches" has 10,800 Google hits.  It's not in the OED.

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Chronicle Telegram - 9/12/1984
...out to cool.) Q. Do you have a recipe for TRES LECHES, a dessert from
Nicaragua? S.I.K.....is served all over Latin America. FLAN DE TRES LECHES (Three
Milk Pudding) 1 15-ounce..
Elyria, Ohio Wednesday, September 12, 1984  409 k
   12 September 1984, CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM (Elyria, Ohio), pg. B-11, col. 2:
   Q:  Do you have a recipe for Tres Leches, a dessert from
Nicaragua?--S.I.K.
   A:  This is a recipe we get repeated requests for.  It is served all over
Latin America.
   FLAN DE TRES LECHES
   (Three Milk Puddiing)
1 15-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1 15-ounce can evaporated milk
1 cup whole milk
8 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
   CARAMEL
1 1/4 cups white sugar
1 cup water
   Beat together the three types of milk, eggs and vanilla.  Heat sugar and
water over low heat in (Col. 3--ed.) a small skillet until it carmelizes.
   Place the caramel in the top of a double boiler.  Pour in the egg and milk
mixture.  Cover pan and simmer over hot but not boiling water for 1 hour, or
until pudding is firm.  Serve at room temperature or chilled.

Chronicle Telegram - 11/10/1949
...have been trying to find a good recipe for TRES LECHES, a favorite dessert
of Cubans.....any light on this? Thank you very much. A: TRES LECHES is a
Nicaraguan dessert, which.....are just pink. Makes 4 servings. NICARAGUAN TRES
LECHES Cake For the cake: 9 egg whites 2..
Elyria, Ohio Thursday, November 10, 1949  573 k

Chronicle Telegram - 5/31/2000
...Florida's favorite Nicaraguan dessert, TRES LECHES. It's from Betty Davis
of Macon..
Elyria, Ohio Wednesday, May 31, 2000  467 k

Chronicle Telegram - 6/15/2001
...prepared. on. site and tcsditional Mexican TRES LECHES cake made by a head
baker who..
Elyria, Ohio Friday, June 15, 2001  471 k

Chronicle Telegram - 1/8/1997
...and is much like a traditional Nicaraguan TRES LECHES cake without the
effort. Several..
Elyria, Ohio Wednesday, January 08, 1997  512 k

Chronicle Telegram - 6/9/1999
...muffins am desperately seeking a recipe for TRES LECHES. This was
requested by a friend 1.....are not possible. RECIPES NICARAQUAN TRES LECHES Cake: 9
eggs, separated 2 cups.....any you cart give. Dot Downs, via-e-rnai LECHES is a
giian dessert named for the tbree..
Elyria, Ohio Wednesday, June 09, 1999  652 k

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COSMOPOLITAN

   Two slightly earlier cocktail books were missing from the library.

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF MIXED DRINKS
by Anthony Dias Blue
New York: Harper Perennial
1993

Pg. 36:
_Cosmopolitan_
JULIE'S SUPPER CLUB, SAN FRANCISCO
1 1/4 ounces vodka
1/4 ounce Triple Sec
1/4 ounce lime juice
Splash of cranberry juice
Lime wedge
   Pour all the ingredients, except the lime wedge, over ice in a large
mixing glass.  Stir and strain into a chilled martini glass.  Squeeze and garnish
with the lime.

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HAPPY HOUR

   "Happy Hour" has been used for a long time.  However, the drinking version
appears to date to 1959, from Reno and Las Vegas.

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Nevada State Journal - 4/15/1959
...Pel. Adv. new... at the COACH ROOM HAPPY HOUR all DRINKS 50' delicious
canapes and.....Sundays, the HAPPY HOUR will be a very HAPPY time indeed. All
DRINKS even giant.....superb selection of tempting fine foods The HAPPY HOUR
today to Starting today, to be.....by Glen Rolfson at the console. The HAPPY HOUR
in the Coach Room provides the..
Reno, Nevada Wednesday, April 15, 1959  352 k
   15 April 1959, NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, pg. 3, cols. 3-8 ad:
new..at the COACH ROOM
   THE HAPPY HOUR!
all drinks 50c
(...)
The Happy Hour today
5:00 to 7:00
Starting today, to be every evening except Sundays, the Happy Hour will be a
very happy time indeed.  All drinks..even giant manhattans and giant martinis,
will be 50 cents.  Canapes...delicious and specially prepared...will be free
of course.
(...)
Coach Room
HOTEL MAPES

Reno Evening Gazette - 4/21/1959
...A. M. Trade Winds 136 N. CENTER Ilillllllll HAPPY HOUR to nightly (except
Sundays) and.....all (ALL) DRINKS 50c, canapes, soft music, good.....HORS
D'OEUVUS SERVED DURING COCKTAIL HOUR RENO, NEVADA HOTEL BANK CASINO LADIES.....and
V, Poetic and beautiful. Social HOUR Admission Adults 90c Curtain Sharp..
Reno, Nevada Tuesday, April 21, 1959  595 k

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PANNA (continued)

GASTRONOMY OF ITALY
by Anna Del Conte
New York: Prentice Hall Press
1987

Pg. 214:
_panna_  CREAM
   Right uo to World War II, cream was only little used in traditional dishes
except those in northern Italy and some of those from la grande cucina.
Nowadays cream is added to many pasta  sauces to make them more liquid, yet
denser.  The best-known sauce based entirely on cream is used for dressing
FETTUCCINE.  It is also called fettuccine all' Alfredo, (Pg. 215--ed.) after the late
owner of the restaurant Alla Scrofa in Rome.
   Cream, whipped or liquid, is used in sweet preparations, although egg
custard is often preferred.  A traditional sweet made entirely of cream and sugar,
the only one of its kind, is LATTEMIELE, from Bassa Lombardia.  Another
classic sweet made with panna is the Piemontese CREMA COTTA.