1869 Drinking Cups and their Customs (Mixellany)

COTS AND THEIB CUSTOMS.

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liqueur-glass of orange-brandy half a liqueur-glass of Curagoa, and before drinking add a bottle of selteer- water, a sprig of mint, and two or three lumps of ice. The €i Field" Cider Cup. Mix together two quarts of old bottled elder sweeten to taste, taking care that the sugar is perfectly melted^ add half a nutmeg grated; a little powdered ginger, a glass of brandy, a glass of noyau, cut a lemon into it in moderately thin slices, and let it remain there. Make it two hours before wanted, and stand in some ice. There is no better recipe than the above, WMie's Club Mouse Cup. Three bottles of claret, one bottle of water, one wine- glass of Madeira, a liqueur-glass of Maraschino, four sweet oranges, three thin slices of cucumber or a piece of borage, half a pint of sirup, the flower and young part of borage, orange sliced with the peel ; let it stand for three hours, then stir the sirup in one pound of sugar to half a pint of water, boiled till it thickens. Loving Cup. One pint of mountain wine, one of Madeira, and one of Lisbon, one bottle of champagne, one liqueur-glass of pale brandy, three thin slices of lemon, sugar, nut- meg. Ice to taste. Djonka {a Russian Beverage)* One pound and a half of lump sugar in very large