1908 The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them by Hon Wm Boothby

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WTTTY, WISE AND OTHERWISE.

Friend of my soul, this goblet sip, 'Twill chase a pensive tear, 'Tis not as sweet as woman's lip But oh! 'tis more sincere; Like her, elusive dream, 'Twill steal away the mind, But unlike affection's dream It leaves no sting behind.

Germans and Saxons used to rlrink their wine and beer from horns unpro– vided with handles or feet so that the horn had to be emptied by each ~rinker. "Pledging a health" is a Saxon memento. The drinking horn bad to be raised in both hands and the drinker's pledge stood beside him with sword drawn in order that no one should stab him while drinking. When drinking healths as many cups were drunk as tbere ·were letters in the name of the person complimented. French statistics show that France exports four times as much wine as the vineyards of the country produce. American statistics show that more California wines and brandies are shipped to .l!'rench ports than to all other shipping points combined. These undisputed facts show that the American people are buying Cali– fornia wines under French labels every day, proving conclusively the truth of P. T. Barnum's old saying : "The American people like to be humbugged." When helping a ciistomer to· a still wine of any description, vermouth, a liqueur or any plain drink with which you do not wish to serve ice, a very nice and tasty way to cool the beverage is to bold a piece of ice over the serving glass with a pair of ice tongs, and pour the drink over it. Some recipes order the use of lime juice, and some call for lemon juice. Long experience has taught me that the juice of one is as good as the juice of the other; but in using rind or peel for a flavor, lemon peel is the proper thing, as lime-skin has a. very bitter taste and is only used in the :flavoring of a Rickey or a Mamie Taylor. For the benefit of the novice, I will state that a jigger (which is ordered used in ~any of my recipes) is a little silver measure shaped like and having the same capacity as a sherry glass. It is supposed to hold an average drink of any liquor, and I would advise any inexperienced person to use either a jigger or a sherry glass until they accustom themselves to measuring correctly by practice with the eye.