Ramos gin fizz

Ramos gin fizz

English

Etymology

Named after Henry C. Ramos, a New Orleans barman who invented it in 1888.

Noun

Ramos gin fizz (plural Ramos gin fizzes)

1. A cocktail particularly associated with New Orleans, made from gin, lemon and lime juice, egg white, sugar, cream, orange flower water and soda water.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 416:

     “What was that everybody at your table was drinking? Can I get you one?” “Ramos gin fizz. Get yourself one, too.”