1930 Cheerio a book of Punches and Cocktails by Charles

CHAPTER II

BEFORE AND AFTER DINNER DRINKS For the Perfect Beginning and the Perfect Ending

Orange Blossom Special

Dip a spoon in honey and dissolve the honey that adheres to the spoon in one part of gin. Add one part orange juice. Ice in shaker and strain into cocktail glass.

Orange Blossom Cocktail

Add the juice of half an orange to one portion of gin; fill with ice, shake well and serve in cocktail glass.

Martini Cocktail

Place in shaker two parts dry gin, one part Italian Vermouth (French Vermouth if the drink is preferred dry), two dashes of orange bitters; fill with ice, shake and strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with a twist of lemon peel. Mint Spray Cocktail To one part of gin in a shaker add one part orange jtiice and a half teaspoonful of powdered sugar; add ice,