1934 Irvin S Cobb's own Recipe Book

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Remarks in italics by Irvin S. Cobb ALEXANDER: ¥.i Paul Jones Four Star Gin, ¥.i Creme de Cacao, ¥.i Sweet Cream. Shake well with cracked ice and strain. Alexander must have been a ladies' man, for this is certainly a ladies' drink.

RUM: 1 jigger Cuban-type Rum, juice of 1 Lime, 2 dashes Grenadine. Shake well with cracked ice and strain. More popular in Cuba than revolutions.

BLINKER: 1 jigger Paul Jones or Four Roses Whiskey, % jigger Grapefruit Juice, 14 jigger Grenadine. Shake well in cracked ice and strain. Try it and you'll know where ii gels its name.

BLUE BLAZER: Use 2 large" silver mugs, with handles. Into one mug put 1 glass Paul Jones or Antique Whiskey; into the other mug, put 1 glass boiling water. Ignite the whiskey and· while blazing, mix both ingredients by pouring them from one mug to the other four or five times. Sweeten with 1 teaspoon Powdered Sugar and serve with piece of Lemon Peel. This invention of the great Jerry Thomas, the most illustrious of American barkeepers, is induded for the sake of the rewrd, with the admonition that no amateur should attempt to make it unless first he takes the precaution of turning in a fire-alarm because unless good old Trnck Six arrives promptly on the scene he is likely lo find him– self burning several hours with a rlear blue flame, like an afrohol stove. BRONX : 1h Paul Jones Four Star Gin, % French Vermouth, % Italian Ver- 39