1935 Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book

GLOSSARIAL cal or sinister sense either has come later to assume, each then meant simply a natural output of a female of the chicken species, and in fair condition. A "Nutmeg" was, and still is, the aromatic kernel of the fruit of a tree of the Myristica family. "Cock's Comb" as used, meant literally what it says, however incredible to those who think only of a cow or a goat when they return to the barnyard for something to drink. As an elective concomitant, if not an ingredient, of the Chanticleer cocktajl, a <:;ock's Comb was a ruddy, ser– rated, distinctive capital dec0.ration peculiar to the mascu– line chicken. It was pickled or bottled as a sweetmeat in France, often .with ot'her elemental components of de– parted roosters, particularly what are known to high-class grocers and certain gourmets as "Fftu!ncieres." The Cock's Comb and the Financiere are still reputed among the ultra– sophisticated to possess virtues akin to those of certain simian appropriations recommended by a , distinguished Slavic surgeon. Indeed, the manager of one well-known mart for rare comestibles and delicacies stoutly maintained to the writer that the combination is in great and growing demand. "Ginger ale" is now perhaps even better known than in pre-prohibition days, so it should be unnecessary to define it, except so far as to say that "imported?' ginger ale used to mean that the product had been manufactured in some other country than the United States. An "orange," of course, signified about what it does today, though "orange peel" used to mean a good deal more, as in the compen– dium there will be found numerous concoctions in which it was used for flavoring purposes. "Mint," a pungent herb ~ommonly found in kitchen gardens, has long filled a noble