1931 The Art of Drinking More by Dexter Mason

AND SNACK

TIPPLE

HOT TOM .AND JERRY

Beat up an egg in a bowl. Add enough confectioners' sugar to make a thick paste. Wann a mug, or a thick glass with boiling water. Put a tablespoon of the Tom and Jerry paste into the glass, add a jigger of brandy and .0 jigger of rum. Fill the glass with scalding milk, stirring the while to be sure the paste is dissolved. Grate some nut– meg over the top.

HOT BUTTER RUM

Place a dessert spoon of sugar into a glass. Put a spoon in the glass so that it will not break, pour in a little hot water to melt the sugar. When the sugar is dissolved, add a jigger of rum and a pat of sweet butter. Fill the glass with boiling water and serve hot.

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