1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD A Dissertation on Drink

" He earns a farthing and has a pennyworth of thirst.'*

WASSAIL This is a famous old English Christmastide recipe, and dates back to the time of good Queen Bess — and earlier. To a pint of ale add one-half ounce of grated ginger, one-half ounce of grated nutmeg, a pinch of cinnamon, and one-half pound of brown sugar. Heat and stir, but do not boil. Add two more pints of ale, one-half pint of sherry or Malaga, the zest of a lemon rubbed on a lump of sugar, and, finally, six cored and roasted apples. In serving hot, in bowls, serve a piece of apple to each. IMPERIAL Peel one pineapple and four oranges; cut PUNCH the first in small slices and separate the oranges into pieces, putting all in a punch bowl. Then boil in a quart of water two sticks of cinnamon and a stick of vanilla cut in small pieces; strain the water through the sieve Into the bowl, and then rub the rind of a lemon on one and one-half pounds of lump sugar, put the sugar In the water, and squeeze over the juice of three lemons. After It cools, place on Ice and add a bottle of Rhine wine, a quart of rum, and, just be- fore serving, a bottle of champagne and half a bottle of seltzer. *' Gods! What wild folly from the goblet flows! — Homer.

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