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Bacardi Cocktail

Shaker—ice 1 oz. Bacardi Rum (Cuban Rum) Vz oz. Lime oz. Grenadine Shake,strain and serve in cocktail glass. No decoration. Observations This cocktail originated in Cuba, the land of Bacardi Rum (90 proof). Its popularity has grown rapidly in this country, and it is included in prac tically all cocktail lists. Rum is distilled from fermented sugar cane juice—the residue in sugar making. Its origin can be traced centuries back, and British sea stories are replete with blood-curdling tales of bucca neers, piracy on the high seas—and Rum. No

ground than Jamaica Rum, probably the first

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