1935 Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book

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OLD WALDORF-ASTORIA BAR BOOK

Named after a game said to have originated in Eng– land, but which was installed in the big room next to the Old Waldorf Bar in its early days. Bar habitues learned to play it, but sometimes experienced difficulty in hitting the right ball, claiming three or four were going over the net at one time, instead of one. POET'S DREAM One-third Benedictine One-third French Vermouth One-third dry Gin Lemon Peel squeezed on top POLO Not after Marco, the adventurer, but after the game which, during the "Nineties," was little known except to the fashionable. That was before Meadowbrook had hurled its young men and its wealth into a comparative void in our National outdoor life. POMEROY One-fourth Lemon Juice One-fourth Orange Juice One-half Rum

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One-third French Vermouth One-third Italian Vermouth One-third Gordon Gin One Orange Peel Sloe Gin Rickey with dash of Grenadine One pony Tom Gin

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PRAIRIE (Often called "Prairie .... Chicken")

One Egg, in claret glass A little Pepper and Salt Cover with Gin Serve with napkin