<p>This poor cocktail has fallen from grace to be known as the sugary, frozen drink of choice for the spring break crowd gone wild. The Daiquiri was invented by Jennings Cox, an American mining engineer in Cuba during the Spanish- American war. It consisted of a tall glass filled with ice, a teaspoon of sugar poured over the top, the juice of two fresh squeezed limes, two to three ounces of white rum, and then stirred with a long spoon until the glass became frosty. While in Cuba a rear admiral for the navy tried this drink and liked it so much he introduced it to the bartender at the Army</p>