1903 The Flowing Bowl by Edward Spencer

90 THE FLOWING BOWL The recipe continues: " Half a pint of rum is sometimes added, but it is then very intoxicating." But sans rum whence the Rum Booze ? Port wine is sometimes substituted for white wine, but is nor considered so palatable. This liquor should be drunk when quite hot. If the wine be poured boiling hot among the eggs, the mixture will become curdled. Without the rum the mixture is one form of Egg Flip. When treating of gin I should have men tioned that at one well-known City hostelry " The Olde Cheshyre Cheese" in Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, gin is never known by any other name than "rack." Why, I know not. But in the same old tavern should you require Scotch whisky you must call for " Scotch," with out mentioning the word whisky ; and if Irish " Cork " is the password.

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