1872 Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks (Mixellany)

Rhenish Wine. 175 mix well together and strain ; pour into a jug con- taining a good lump of ice ; then add a thin slice of cucumber, if a cool taste is desired. May Tmnk, apopular Rhine Beverage, No. 3.— Bottle of hock, 2 oz. pounded sugar-candy, juice of 1 orange (or lemon) strained, 1 dozen wood- ruff leaves, bruised ; put the leaves in a cool vessel; add the sugar and wine, and, in a few minutes, the orange-juice. N.B.—Be careful that the woodruff* does not overpower. No. 4.—Bottle of sparkling Rhenish, liqueur-glass of pine-apple or ginger syrup, bottle of aerated lemonade (iced), bottle of orangeade (iced) or two bottles of potass water; slice of cucumber ; mix the wine and syrup ; add the cucumber, and ice up as desired; just before serving add the aerated beverages. No. 5.—Bottle of Rhenish wine, gill of dry sherry, strained juice and the rind of 1 lemon rubbed on sugar, with slice of cucumber; mix, * Woodruff, on the Rhine called " Wald-meister," is found in woods, round the stems of oaks. It grows about seven inches high, bearing a white jessamine flower. Its perfume is similar to new-mown hay. It keeps its flavour when dried; and it is best to bruise the leaves when required for use. It can be procured at any of the herbalists in Covent Garden.