1903 The Flowing Bowl by Edward Spencer

SOME OLD RECIPES

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round the table in amazement at all the unheard-of things happening. The greatest success attends the uncorking of the Apollinaris bottles. The bottle is pointed at the onlookers, and the cork having been loosened it flies into their faces with a loud report. At first they are greatly alarmed, then they enjoy the joke hugely, and at last they all squat on the ground in a circle, and send a deputy to the table of the foreigners, bearing a teacup. The petition is granted, and in the teacup an exquisite brew is prepared. The drainings of all the beer bottles are collected, to which is added a little claret and a liberal pro portion of Apollinaris, and then, in order to lend greater consistency to the beverage, somesausage skins are mixed with it. The teacup circulates amongst the Chinese, and each sips it with rever ential awe. Some of them make fearful grimaces, but not one has the courage of his opinion, and it is evident that, on the whole, the drink is, voted a good one, although, perhaps, its flavour is somewhat rare." Next, please. Oh, here is another, about some neighbours of the Chineses. "In the Isle Formosa, not far from China, the Natives make a Drink as strong and intoxi- cative as Sack, out of Rice, which they soak in warm water, and then beat it to a paste in a Mortar ; then they chew some Rice-meal in their mouths, which they spit to a pot till they have got about a quart of liquor, which they put to the paste instead of Leaven or Ferment. And after all be kneaded together till it be Dough, they put it into a great earthen pot, which they