1919 Home made beverages

Mixed Drinks

Silver Fizz

Gin, 1 wineglassful; juice of J^ lemon; white of 1 egg; icing sugar, 1 teaspoonful; carbonate of soda, a pinch ,• pounded ice. Fill a tumbler 3 parts full with pounded ice, pour over this the gin and lemon juice, then add the white of egg, beaten to a stiff froth. Shake well, then strain into another tumbler containing the icing sugar and carbonate of soda, and serve at once. Silver Sour Lemon juice, 1 dessertspoonful; unsweetened gin, 1 wineglassful; egg, white of 1; loaf sugar, 1 teaspoonful; crushed ice. Put the white of an egg into a tumbler, beat it slightly, then add the lemon juice, gin, sugar, and a heaped tablespoonful of crushed ice. Cover, and shake well until sufficiently coojfed, then strain into a small glass, and serve. Sloe Gin 1. — Half fill clean, dry wine bottles with sloes. Add to each 1 oz. of crushed barley sugar, a little noyau, or 2 or 3 drops of essence of almonds. Fill the bottles with good unsweetened gin, cork them securely, and allow them to remain in a moderately warm place for 3 months. At the end of this time strain the liqueur through fine muslin or filtering paper until quite clear, then bottle it. cork securely, and store for use. 2 — Cocktail— Half fill a tumbler with broken ice, pour over it % wineglassful each of sloe gin and unsweetened gin and 10 drops of orange bitters, cover the top of the glass, and shake it well. When sufficiently cooled, strain it into a small glass, and serve with a small piece of lemon peel floating on the top.

Solferino

Brandy, 1 pt.; simple syrup, 2 pt. 211