1847 Oxford night caps (4th edition)

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SHERRY COBBLER. Sherry Cobbler has only been recently intro- duced into the University, and has become a great favourite among the Undergraduates. It unfortunately happened, that on its first introduc- tion, ice was procured from the Confectioners and Fishmongers which had been taken from stag- nant ponds and noisome ditches ; consequently those who partook of it imbibed the filthy im- purities which it contained. Subsequently the lemon, grape, strawberry, and other pure and wholesome water ices of the Confectioners, have been substituted a .

Recipe.

Pound a small quantity of ice quite fine, by wrapping it in a coarse cloth, and beating it with a mallet or rolling pin. Half fill a large tumbler with this powdered ice. Add a teaspoon- full and a half of pounded sugar, two or three

a This liquor, drawn into the mouth through a straw, has in more than one instance produced Vertigo.