1937 Here is Something that will interest you (3 rd edition)

Also may be required, according to the respective prescriptions, ofthe following:— Juice ofthelemon,orange,lime.Passion fruit or grape fruit; peel of the lemon, orange or cucumber; fresh cream, strawberries, raspberries, sugar (lump, soft or syrup),crushed chocolate,fresh plucked mint,nutmeg, the wMte or the yolk of a new-laid egg, pepper, red pepper, Worcestershire sauce and Tomato Catsup. (N.B.—Possibly all these ingredients make the finest cocktail of aU, but unfortunately up to the moment of going to press the correct proportions have evaded us.) The origin of the word cocktail has given rise to speculation, and yea, even to disputation among the cognoscenti; but never to acrimony, since your true devotee of the cocktail Now We Arrive at the above all a broad- . _TC niinded fellow of a cheer- ^O V_^ Jv X A1JL.o fui disposition. Some hold to the story that the first cocktail was mixed by accident or in excitement by a beautiful innkeeper's daughter upon the unexpected return ofa missing fighting cock,the dehcious concoc tion being consumed as a toast to the tail of the cock. Others are equally convinced that the name derives from a beautiful Mexican Princess named Coctel, of whom a romantic story is told concerning a strange potion of her own brewing. We, personally, care not; one tale is as good as another to mark the birth of a name which labels an infinity of"shakes" ... without which appetites for luncheon and dinner wotild certainly lack that keen edge of anticipation, and Black Mondays be several degrees blacker! Letus then,for immediate or future reference, scan the intriguing recipes hereafter presented for tlie benefit of Tired Business Men, Bright Young Folk, the Disillusioned and Depressed ... Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh, et al!

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