1914 the Art of Mixing Them by A Connoisseur

THE ART OF MIXING THEM

Crimean Cup a Lia Marmora. (Use a bowl for mixing.) 1 pint of orgeat syrup; Yi pint of Cognac; pint of maraschino; Vi pint of Jamaica rum; 1 bottle of champagne; 1 bottle of soda; 3 ounces of sugar; 3 lemons and 3 oranges; cut in slices, and a few slices of pineapple. Stir up well with ladle, then place it into your dish filled with ice. Curacoa Punch. (A large bar glass.) % tablespoon of sugar; 8 or 4 dashes of lemon juice; 1 wineglass of brandy; 1 pony Curacoa (red); pony Jamaica rum. Dress with fruits as usual. Fill with fine ice and sip through a straw. Currant Shrub. (Use a bowl for mixing; general rule for pre paring.) 1 quart of currant juice; IVi lbs. of loaf sugar. Boil it gently 8 or 10 minutes, skim ming it well; take it off, and when lukewarm, add % gill of brandy to every pint of shrub. Bottle tight. Mix a little shrub with ice water and you will have a ''"-^Wous drink. Shrub may be made of cher..;, _ ._£:pberry juice by this method, hut the quantity of sugar must be re duced. Dizzy Sour. (Use large bar glass.) Mash Va lemon; 3 spoon fuls of powdered sugar; % full of fine ice; 1 J'S" ger rye whisky; 3 dashes benedictine. Shake well, strain in a sour glass, put in a piece of pineapple, float jigger Jamaica rum on top and serve.

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