1946 The Stock Club Bar Book by Lucius Beebe

Pompier Highball (or Vermouth-Cassis): 3 oz. French vermouth

4 dashes creme de cassis seltzer add lemon peel Serve in highball glass and stir. 2 oz. gin 1 cube ice peel rind of lemon in spiral form 1 split so,da Serve.in tall glass and stir.

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Most personal preferences in mixed drinks are simply variations on standard or basic themes in much the same manner that all witti– cisms are supposedly based on seven fundamental joke structures. Carole Landis, for example, swears by a vodka Martini which, if pursued over any length of time, she promises will make the cus– tomer scream next morning for a Bloody Mary.

Vodka Martini #1:

3 oz. vodka 1 oz. dry vermouth Stir or spoon with cube ice and serve as a conventional Martini in 4 oz. glass.

B loody Mary:

3 oz. vodka 6 oz. tomato juice 2 dashes Angostura bitters juice of half lemon

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Shake these together with ice or mix in Waring mixer and serve cold in highball glass.

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