1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD A Dissertation on Drinks

^' To good eating belongs good drinking."

Mix with one well-beaten egg two table- spoonfuls of ale, some nutmeg, and one-

SCOTCH

HOT PINT

Stir in two

fourth pint of Scotch w^hisky.

pints of boiling-hot ale and add sugar to taste. Pour from one pitcher into another until frothy, and serve at once.

'' Good drink drives out bad thoughts.'*

BROWN BETTY —

Melt one pound of sugar in one pint of

add

while

pinch

water;

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boiling

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pounded cloves, a dash of cinnamon, one- ^^^^ P^*"^ °^ brandy, and one quart of good Add a little ginger and nutmeg, and ale.

DRTNK

serve ice cold in summer, boiling hot in winter.

''Drink wine and let water go to the mill.'' —

Italian.

Rub the peel of six lemons on one pound of loaf sugar; squeeze their juice and that

AMER-

ICAN

PUNCH

q£ gj-j^ oranges on it, carefully removing the seeds, add four pounds of loaf sugar, five cloves, and two quarts of w^ater. Skim well, fill into bottles, and keep for the punch. Then mix one and one-half pints of green tea, a pint of brandy, a quart of rum, a quart of champagne, and a cup of well-sw^eetened chartreuse into a punch bowl, add a lump of ice, three oranges and 136