1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD A Dissertation on Drinks

'' There is a devil in every berry of the grape." — The Koran.

LORD Peel one lemon fine; add some white lump SALTOUN'S sugar and pour over it a glass of sherry. CLARET Then add a bottle of claret — even plain CUP J- • 'U A vin ordinaire will answer — and sugar to taste; also a bottle of soda water and nutmeg, If liked. Strain and ice well. If preferred mulled, strain, heat, and serve piping hot. is old wine in bottles, ale in barrels.'' — Byron. MISSISSIPPI One glass of brandy, half glass Jamaica PUNCH rum, and a tablespoonful of whisky, quar- ter of a lemon, and a tablespoonful of powdered sugar, and water to taste. Mix well and ice with shaved ice. For '* linked sweetness long drawn out," use a straw in the tall glass in which it is served. A New Yorker, Tom Lynch by name, and said to be " one of the best," has a few words to say in regard to drinks in general and cocktails in particular. " The only really decent drinks," he says convincingly, " can be counted on the fingers of one hand. A good im- ported Scotch with the peat-smoke perfume, Medford rum — and what a pity it's no longer made! — a dry, very dry, Martini cocktail, a Gordon gin rickey, and ''Sweet '' Wine and youth are fire upon fire.'*

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