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Club Cocktail

From A bachelors cupboard, 1906
Presented as published in 1906. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from A bachelors cupboard (1906) by A. Lyman Phillips, page 57. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

two dashes of gum, a pony of ab- sinthe, two dashes of vino vermouth, and two dashes of sherry. Fill up with ice, stir, strain, and serve. '' Where reason rules, appetite obeys." CHAM- This is a ladylike beverage, indeed. To PAGNE make it, put a large lump of sugar in a COBBLER ^^ineglass nearly filled with shaved ice, and fill the intervals with champagne. Stir slowly, adding a little vanilla or strawberry ice cream, and serve with a straw and a spoon. It is sure to make a hit with the " younger sister." " Of wine and love, the first is best.'' CHAT- One bottle of Catawba wine, one and a ARTIL- quarter bottles rum, the same quantity of LERY whisky, one and a half pineapples, and suf- PUNCH ficient strawberries to flavor and color. Allow liquid to stand under seal over night. When ready to serve add three quarts of champagne. 137 A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD A Dissertation on Drinks '' Drink nothing without seeing it.'' CHAM- Mix one bottle of champagne, two bottles PAGNE of soda, a glass of brandy, a glass of Cura- ^^ gao, some slices of cucumber peel, and the juice of a lemon. Moselle or Sauterne may be made into cups the same way, and alluring decoctions they are. Another " cup " is made in this fashion : a cordial glass each of benedictine, brandy, and maraschino are put in a quart jug. Filling it up with champagne makes a champagne cup that is not to be sneezed at. Rhine wine, cider, or claret may be used with felicitous result. '' Drink upon salad costs the doctor a ducat" CIDER This is a favorite English beverage. Make BOWL an extract of a spoonful of green tea in a half-pint of boiling water, and after letting it stand a quarter-hour, put in a punch bowl and add six ounces of lump sugar, a bittle of cidar, two wineglasses of brandy, half a pint of cold water, and place the bowl on ice for further orders. '' He who likes drinking is ever talking of wine" CLARET Into a punch bowl put half a pony each CUP of benedictine, yellow chartreuse, maras- chino, and Curasao, the juice of six limes, two bottles of claret, one bottle of Moselle, one bottle of Apol- 138 A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD A Dissertation on Drinks linaris, half a pound of sugar, a little sliced orange and pineapple, and a few sprigs of mint. Stir thoroughly and add some pieces of Ice. " Eat and drink measurely and defy the mediciners" CLUB Half a glassful of Ice, two dashes of gum, COCKTAIL two-thirds of gin, one-third of vino ver- mouth, two dashes of orange bitters, and one dash of green chartreuse
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