{"id":17409,"date":"2026-10-09T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=17409"},"modified":"2026-10-09T03:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T03:49:36","slug":"friday-cocktail-harry-trumans-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=17409","title":{"rendered":"Friday cocktail &#8211; Harry Truman&#8217;s favorite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And imitating Churchill he started the day with a shot of booze &#8211; in Truman&#8217;s case Bourbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Truman White House Old Fashioned\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i75qzJLwMJ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> Farandaville variation<\/strong> -better than Truman&#8217;s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 oz bourbon &#8211; like Truman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/4 oz demerara syrup &#8211; BIG improvement on plain sugar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One dash orange bitters &#8211; or any amount and style of bitters to your taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stir in a mixing glass and pour or make directly in the glass on the rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And imitating Churchill he started the day with a shot of booze &#8211; in Truman&#8217;s case Bourbon. Farandaville variation -better than Truman&#8217;s 2 oz bourbon &#8211; like Truman 1\/4 oz demerara syrup &#8211; BIG improvement on plain sugar! One dash orange bitters &#8211; or any amount and style of bitters to your taste. Stir in &#8230; <a title=\"Friday cocktail &#8211; Harry Truman&#8217;s favorite\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=17409\" aria-label=\"Read more about Friday cocktail &#8211; Harry Truman&#8217;s favorite\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cocktails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17409"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17472,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17409\/revisions\/17472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}