1931 Old Waldorf Bar Days by Albert Stevens Crockett

Old Waldorf Bar Days

GRAND MARNIER-A cordial, or liqueur, made in France from oranges. GRENADINE-A red syrup or cordial, said to be made from pomegranates; manufactured in France. KIRSCH or KIRSCHWASSER-A liquor distilled from Eu– ropean wild cherries, and made in Germany and other cen– tral European countries. KUMMEL or KIMMEL-A liquor made generally from highly rectified alcohol, flavored with cumin (a plant of the parsley family) and caraway seeds. Before the War it was manufactured chiefly at Riga, Russia. Voltage, 33.9. MARASCHINO (pronounced "maraskeeno")-A cordial dis– tilled from fermented cherries and flavored with bruised pits. Deriv., Italian, marasquino. OJEN-A cordial made in New Orleans, La., and flavored with absinthe. ORGEAT-A syrup made in France from sugar, orange flower water and almonds. Deriv., French, from Latin, hor– det,f.m, barley. PARFAIT D'AMOUR-A red cordial whose composition was a proprietary secret, but whose name often assured those who had a slight acquaintance with French that it was a sort of"love potion. RUM-Generally, the name of any alcoholic liquor. Used as an adjective, colloquial English for "queer" or "peculiar." Specifically, an alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented molasses, or cane juice. Varieties usually named from coun– try of origin-Jamaica, Swedish, St. Croix (West Indies), Cuban-better known as Bacardi or Santiago-and Japa– nese (usually called Sake and distilled from fermented rice). Deriv., abbreviation of "rumbullion" or "rumbooze." The latter term is composed of the gypsy word rom or rum, meaning "good," and "booze," a corruption of the Dutch [ 238]

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