A screwdriver is a simple and popular American cocktail invented in the early 1950s, made with vodka and orange juice, which was then available nationally, for the first time, as a frozen concentrate. Sometimes a dash of Angostura bitters was added to early versions.
A white rum screwdriver is a variation. A 1960s variant of this cocktail, known as an astronaut screwdriver, substituted Tang for orange juice. Another variant, known as the red screwdriver, also adds a splash of Red Bull to it.
While concurring wholly with Tim Turner's lament on these pages about the recent practice of substituting vodka for gin in Martinis, we regret that he didn't go further. Do you realize, Tim, that the latest craze in the amateur set is vodka and orange juice?
In Soviet Union, a screwdriver cocktail was usually made with vodka and Fanta soft-drink.
A screwdriver is a simple and popular American cocktail invented in the early 1950s, made with vodka and orange juice, which was then available nationally, for the first time, as a frozen concentrate.
A 1960s variant of this cocktail, known as an astronaut screwdriver, substituted Tang for orange juice.
Newspaper citations for the screwdrivercocktail, 1952 (http://www.talkaboutcooking.com/group/rec.food.historic/messages/29321.html)
A screwdriver is a device used to insert and tighten, or to loosen and remove, screws.
Some manual screwdrivers have a ratchet action whereby the screwdriver blade is locked to the handle for clockwise rotation, but uncoupled for counterclockwise rotation when set for tightening screws; and vice versa for loosening.
Many screwdriver designs have a handle with detachable head (the part of the screwdriver which engages with the screw), allowing a set of one handle and several heads to be used for a variety of screw sizes and types.
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