1927 Drinks of All Kinds

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SUMMER DRINKS

Whisky. Put into a large tumbler two wineglasses of Irish or Scotch whisky; add one tablespoonful of icing sugar, and two or three slices of orange; fill the tumbler with pounded ice; shake well, ornarnent with slices of orange and clusters of grapes, and serve with two straws.

COCKTAILS. In mixing a Cocktail, which is a beverage particularly popular at fishing or shooting parties, being considered sustaining to the inner man, the pounded ice should in all cases b^ put into the glass first. T^e most suitable glass for the purpose is a tumbler holding half a pint. Absinthe. Put into a small tumbler three-quarters of a wineglass of absinthe, thirty drops of gum, and ten drops ofAngostura bitters; add a little shaved ice, and thoroughly shake and strain. Brandy. Put into a small tumbler one wineglass of brandy ; add thirty drops of gum syrup, six drops of Angostura bitters, and twenty drops of cura9oa; fill one-third with pounded or shaved ice, and stir with a spoon or shake well; strain, and put a small piece of lemon-peel on <^op.