1907 Smacks and Smiles (Tenth edition) by Charles Smith

Grin and Calamus.

Use a whisky glass.

Steep 2 or 3 pieces calamus root, cut in small bits in a bottle of gin until the essence is extracted. To serve, you simply hand out the glass together with the bottle, allow ing the customer to help himself.

Grin Cocktail.

Use a large bar glass.

Fill up the glass with ice. 3or 3 dashes gum syrup. 3dashes Angostura bitters. 1 wine glass gin. 1 or 3 dashes Curagoa,or absinthe, as the customer prefers. Stir up well ; strain into a cocktail glass ; squeeze a piece of lemon peel on top, and serve.

Gin Crusta.

Is prepared the sameas the Brandy Crusta,substituting Gin for Brandy

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