1925 About Town Cocktail Book by Joe Fitchett

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BOOMEBANG Look out for this one. You are liable to get bit on the way back! This popular South African drink is made in the large bar glass, half full of broken ice, to which the following ingredients have been added; 2 dashes Maraschino 1 dash of Angostura Bitters * / 1/6 gill of Gin ' 1/6 gill of French Vermouth 1/6 gill of Italian Vermouth ''f " Stir up well, strain into a cocktail glass, add a cherry and lemon-peel squeezed on the top. BOTTLED READYtMADE cocktails are never quite the same as freshly made ones, yet there often isn't time to shake up a mix before rushing out to dinner. In this case a bottle of home-made cocktails is a pretty nice thing to have on hand. Here it is: Pour a quart of Whisky into a pitcher and add: 1 jigger rum syrup 1 pony Curacoa % pony Angostura Bitters Pour back and forth from one measure to another until the liquid is thoroughly mixed'. Then bottle and cork. BRANDY WE have experimented a bit with this one and got it to our own liking. May our tastes be alike in this 1 60% Brandy 30% Bardinet^^ 1 teaspoon Lime tfuiee 3 dashes Angostura Bitters ^ 1 dash Aniset Note—Shake this well, and serve in sherry glass with thin slice of orange.

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