1929 The Bon Vivant's Companion or How to Mix Drinks by Jerry Thomas

THE BON VIVANT's COMPANION

Fill the tranquil bowl with ripe strawberries. Should the strawberry season be over, or under, add a few drops of extract of peach or vanilla.

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IMPERIAL PUNCH

One bottle of claret.

One liqueur glass of mara-

One bottle of soda water. schino. Four tablespoonfuls of pow- About one-half pound of ice. dered white sugar. Three or four slices of cu- One-quarter teaspoonful of cumber rind, grated nutmeg. Put all the ingredients into a bowl or pitcher and mix well.

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THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT OR

VICTORIA PUNCH

For a party of twenty

Recipe from the late Wm.H. Herbert, Esq.®

Six lemons,in slices. One pound of white sugar. One-half gallon of brandy. One and three-quarters One-half gallon of Jamaica quarts of water, rum. One pint of boiling milk. Steep the lemons for twenty-four hours in the brandy and rum; add the sugar, water and milk and, when well mixed, strain through a jelly-bag. ® Probably Henry William Herbert, an English novelist and writer on sport, who came to New York in 1831. He wrote many novels and historical works, translated the books of Alexander Dumas and Eugene Sue, and produced many volumes on sport under the pseudonym of Frank Forestei. He committed suicide in New York on May 17, 1858. 24