> That recipe isn't for a *real* Gin Fizz...there's no egg white.
> My husband likes the Gin fizz, (the real one) but I don't know that he's ever had the
> Sling. I'll have to make him one tonight. What he really enjoys (and so do several
> others I've made them for) is the Trader Vic's Rum Fizz. It's similar to the Gin
> Fizz, made with light rum, lemon, egg (whole, not just white), a little bartender's
> sugar (superfine), and cream soda...with some finely grated orange peel atop the
> "fizz" part. Tastes a little like a creamsicle, I think.
>
> kimberly

Please define "*real* Gin fizz; as there is no egg in a regular Gin
Fizz.

A Silver Fizz has eggwhite, and a Golden Fizz has eggyolk.

The reason the Gin Fizz is called a Gin Fizz is because it contains
Fizzy water; its much older than the Tom Collins, and it is different.

http://www.thinkingbartender.com/tom%20collins.html

Cheers!

George