An odd childhood memory that I HAD to sort out!

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A certain MyLot friend of mine (who will of course remain nameless, in the interest of confidentiality and respect) enjoys the vary occasional Martini. I drink more wine than Martinis, but I could easily be persuaded to drink a Martini. I found my memory activated and remembered that my parents went through a stage of a few years where they drank Martinis in the evenings. Perhaps one or two, but never more than four, except on special occasions. But then the name "Gibson" came into my head, and I saw the image of a cocktail onion.. I asked my Martini-sipping MyLot friend if there was such a thing as a "Gibson," and she wasn't sure. So I looked it up. My childhood memories were correct. Plus I learned something new! Here's the scoop: The Martini's savory second cousin, the Gibson, uses a pickled cocktail onion in place of the typical briny olive to add an umami undertone to the classic cocktail. The Gibson is believed to have been created by San Francisco businessman Walter D.K. Gibson in the late 1800s, who thought that eating onions prevented colds, hence the addition of the mini allium." --Liquor.com What did I learn? Well, I hadn't known own that some late 19th Century people thought that cocktail onions prevented colds. But I also learned (actually I already knew) that kids' memories of their adults' antics can be pretty accurate, so you have to be on your "best" behavior around them!