1892 Drinks of the world

DRINICS.

1-74

ounces ;v

spirits of wine, p., 4 quarts ;

distilled water, 3

quarts Colour, yellow. Other French liqueurs worthy of notice are Eau Archiepiscopale, des Financiers, de Noyeau, de Phals- dourg, de Jasmin, des chevaliers de Saint Louis, des Pacificateurs de la Grece, Souvenir d'un Brave, , Goute Nationale, Coquette Flatteuse, Ratafias of differ- ent kinds, such as Absinthe^ Angelique, Celery, Quatre Graines} Cerises, Noyeau and Carve, ^ Amour sans Fin, Gaite Franfaise, Plaisir des Dames, Citrojtelle, Elixir Cohimbat, Eau des Chevaliers de la Legion d' Llonneur, Eau des Amis, Crime de Macaron, and Eau de Pologne, the crimson Alkermes, the emerald Huile des Venus, the Elixir des Anges, the pale straw- coloured Eau de vie d'Andaye^ the crimson Nectar des Dieux, and Missilimakinac. The most important, or rather the most popular in this country, of the very numerous alcoholic prepara- tions which are flavoured, or perfumed, or sweetened, or more commonly treated in all these three ways to be agreeable to the taste are, placing them as they suggest themselves : KUmmel, or Kiinmel, as it is sometimes incorrectly written, from the German name of the herb cumin^ ; sugar, 10 pounds.

made

generally brandy,

sweetened

with

spirit,

is

flavoured with coriander and caraway seeds.

It

is

composed of fennel, celery, coriander, and angelica.

1 This is

8 Sometimes written Karoy. Carum carve, L., from the Greek Kapov, an ombelliferous plant of which the root by culture becomes edible. The fruit is analogous to that of anise. 3 Also written more correctly d'Hcfidaye ; white, yellow, and green, according to its alcoholic strength.