1891 Cocktail Botthby's American Bar-Tender

MISCELLANEOUS DRINKS.

THE BOY.

208.

An English term for champagne.

TOM COLLINS. 209. Make the same as John Collins with Old Tom gin substituted for Holland gin. (&e Recipe No. 11'7.)

TROTTER. 210. A name sometimes given to a small milk punch. (&e Recipe No. 236.)

UNFERMENTED WINE.

211.

FOR CHURCH USE. Pick from the stems and weigh any quantity of grapes and cook with very little water, add one quarter as much su~ar as you have used grapes and allow the mixture to simiJler until the seeds, pulp and skins are all separated, strain through a muslin bag, bottle while warm and cork tightly.

VERMOUTH, GUM AND APOLLINARIS.

212.

A GREAT FRENCH BEVERAGE. Into a long thin glass place a piece of ice, gum syrup to taste and a jigger of vermouth. Fill the glass with Apollinaris, stir and serve.

213.

WATERMELON~ LA MODE.

THE LATEST F.AD IN SWELLDOM. Make a little Jess than a quart of good strong brandy punch, cut a hole in the end of a large ripe watermelon and save the piece which has been cut out; pour the punch slowly into the aperture until the melon has absorbed it all (it usually takes thirty minutes to acomplish this), replace the plug, ice the melon thoroughly, and when ready to serve cut into slices and serve on plateto with knives, forks and napkins.