1934 What Shall We Drink by Magnus Bredenbek

42 What Shall We Drink? Stir to chill thoroughly. Then stir in a mixture of diced fruits, consisting of lemons, oranges, bananas, peaches and pears,as much or as little as you desire, but sufficient to have several fruit tidbits for each punch glass. This mixture should provide a glass each for fifteen. If you wish more or less, use ingredients in proportion. BURGUNDYBRIDGEPUNCH Anyone's palate will be refreshened with the Burgundy punch now suggested, and again let us assume that a bridge foursome is to be entertained. Into your shaker prepared with ice to chill contents pour a large goblet of Burgundy wine. Add five ounces of orange syrup and shake thoroughly. Now pour into tall, slender i2-ounce glasses which have been filled with shaved ice, and into the ice thrust garnishings of sliced pineapple, oranges or other fruits in season. Sip through straws or glass sippers. THEBLOSSOM PUNCH Over the square of ice in your punch bowl pour a quart of apricot cordial,then two quarts of water. Now add the juice offourlemonsand three oranges. Stir thoroughly. Then add about a pint of carbonated water or seltzer, stir slightly and serve in punch glasses. This mixture wiU furnish about twenty to twenty-five drinks—depending on whether your hand shpped a bit in the desire to impart a bit more of the apricot cordial flavor to the punch, which is highly per missible. THE CATAWBAN PUNCH Back to our bridge table again and that foursome wrink ling brows over some contract bid. This Catawban Punch will smooth out the wrinkles. Havefour lemonade glasses ready,each about a third full of shaved ice. Now pour into your shaker, iced to chill contents, a half bottle of Catawba wine. Add the juice of two lemons and four tablespoons of sugar, or four ounces of lemon syrup. Then put in the juice of a quarter orange and