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

FANCY DRINKS

Boil the cloves and coriander, with a bit of cinnamon in the water; mix together the rum and sugar, the yolks of the eggs and the juice of half the lemon; whisk them all together,and strain into a tumbler.

BADMINTON®

Peel half of a middle-sized cucumber, and put it into a silver cup, with four ounces of powdered sugar, a little nut meg,and a bottle of claret. When the sugar is thoroughly dis solved, pour in a bottle of soda water, and it is fit for use.

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LOCOMOTIVE

Use large bar glass

One tablespoonjul of genu- Three dashes of curagao. ine honey. One claret glass of red Bur- The yolk of a fresh raw egg. gundy. Heat the wine in a thoroughly clean saucepan until it boils, then pour it gradually upon the other ingredients (which, previously, should have been thoroughly beaten together in a mug or pitcher), whisking and stirring the materials all the while,in order to prevent the egg from curdling.Pour the mixture into a large bar glass, powder a little cinnamon on top, and add two or three cloves before serving. This seems like taking too much trouble just to make one glass of Locomotive. The following proportions of ingre dients makes four nice glasses: ® From the name of the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in England. Badminton is also a game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks. 8i

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