1934 What Shall We Drink by Magnus Bredenbek

Cocktails

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HOW TO MIX A TUXEDO COCKTAIL Shake two ounces of gin,two ounces of Sherry Wine and a teaspoon of"gum,"add a dash of orange bitters,and pour. HOW TO MIX A CARUSO COCKTAIL Enrico Caruso's favorite! Toast, if you wiU,the memory of that glamorous tenor of immortality, with a well stirred mixture of one and a half ounces of Sherry wine, one and a half ounces of French or Italian sweet Vermouth and one and a half ounces of Holland gin. Pour into cocktail glass. STINGER COCKTAIL This was named many years ago because it was supposed to "bite" the throat going down, and was assumed to be a good bracer after a rather strenuous day—or party. At any rate, here's the prescription from Dr. Bart Ender: Two ounces of Cognac Brandy and one ounce of white Creme de menthe shaken weU in iced shaker before straining into cock tail glass. Another Stinger recipe that I recall is made up of two ounces of Scotch Whisky,an ounce of Arrack and a dash of Angostura Bitters. YALE COCKTAIL For the sons of Old Eli this preparation seems to hold plenty of college atmosphere after a few of'em go down the throat:Into a goblet halffull ofshaved ice,pourtwo ouncesof Gin and a quarter teaspoon of Orange Bitters. Stir well and strain into cocktail glass,filling remainder of glass with vichy, seltzer or carbonated water. Four of these start the "Boola- Boola"song. TAMMANY COCKTAIL The roar of the political tiger is heard and tasted in this Tammany Cocktail. Its ingredients vary at will. It depends on whether you are drinking one in the "silk stocking dis trict" or the Bowery environs. Tammany is ubiquitous and tactful,you know. So,for the higher-up sachemsofthe tribe,