1891 Drinks à La Mode by Mrs de Salis

AMERICAN DRINKS

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Peach Drink.

Put into a tumbler a teaspoonful of cherry brandy syrup, the same of lemon ditto, and the same quantity of peach sugar ; fill up with boiling water.

Prairie Oyster.

Short Drink.

Put a teaspoonful of vinegar in a wineglass, then a new-laid egg with, a little salt and pepper over it, and then a drop of Worcester sauce.

President.

Beat the yolks of two eggs with four ounces of powdered sugar, add a tablespoonful of orange- flower water, the like quantity of orange syrup and a teaspoonful of lemon juice ; divide into two tum- blers and fill with boiling water.

Prima Donna.

Beat the yolk of one egg in a glass of sherry and add a very little Cayenne pepper.

St. Charles.

Take a bottle of cherry-water in a gill of Kirschwasser, half a pint of chipped ice, and a bottle of seltzer water.