1900 Cocktail BOOTHBY'S American Bartender ( 2nd edition )

MISCELLANEOUS DRINKS.

KNIOKEBEIN. 178. Break an egg carefully so as not to fracture the tender covering ofthe yolk. Place the white in a bowl or mixing-glass and softly lay the yolk in the bottom ofa very small claret glass. Now nearly fill the glass containing the yolk with equal parts of benedictine, yellow Chartreuse, kummel and cognac (creme de vanille issometimes added). No caution need be used to prevent the ingredi ents from mixing as in a pousse caf6; and the yolk ofthe egg mustnot be placed in the glass after any liqueur, as it should lay on the bottom. After these prep arations have been completed, beat the white ofthe egg which you have in the bowl or mixing-glass until it becomes stiff, sweeten to taste with bar sugar and with a teaspoon place a heavy layer over the decoction which you havejust pre pared. Dash with Angostura bitters,sprinkle with a little ground cinnamon and serve.

KNIOKEBEIN.

179.

DIRECnONS FOR TAKING. This celebrated Teutonic decoction is little known in America,and few bar tenders have ever acquired the art ofcompounding one. It is an after-dinner drink, and,in order to be fully appreciated, it must be partaken of according to the following directions. Should the drinker not abide by these rules, the de sired effect ofthe beverage will not be experienced. Therefore,the duty of the presiding mixologist is to thoroughly explain to the uninitiated the modm operandi, etc. 1. Pass the glass under the nose and inhale the flavor for about five sec onds. 2. Hold the glass perpendicularly, open your mouth wide and suck the froth from offthe top ofthe glass. Pause five seconds. 3. Point the lips and take one-third ofthe liquid contents of the glass without touching the yolk. Pause again for a few seconds. 4. Straighten the body, throw the head back, swallow the contents re maining in the glass and break the yolk in your mouth at the same time.

LA CREOLE.

180.

A RAINBOW POUSSE CAFE WITHOUT COGNAC, Pour carefully into a sherry glass, so the colora will not mix,equal parts of thefollowing ingredients in the order named: Raspberry syrup, maraschino, yellow Chartreuse and green Chartreuse. This beverage is very popular with the fair sex in s(jme parts ofthe Southern states and West Indies.