1925 Drinks Long & Short by Nina Toye and A H Adair

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Drinks—Long and Short

ELECTRA Five glasses of sherry and one of French Vermouth. Add a good dash of Absinthe and a dash of Wormwood Bitters. SHIP Three glasses of sherry, one of whisky, one ofrum and one of prune syrup. Add a dash of Orange Bjtters and a little sugar or not, accord ing to taste, PEACH COCKTAIL Cut up a ripe peach, soak in one glass of brandy for two hours, add a glass of liquor from brandied peaches and one teaspoonful of Peach Bitters. Add four glasses of dry white wine, or champagne. Chill well in ice, but do not add ice to the cocktail. Stir well with a swizzle stick. PINEAPPLE COCKTAIL One glass of fresh pineapple juice. Take the pulp from which the juice has been pressed and soak in two glasses of dry white wine for a couple of hours. Add the pineapple juice and a small squeeze of lemon juice. Pour in three glasses of sherry. Ice well by putting the shaker in ice, not ice in the shaker. Shake and serve with a small piece of pineapple in each glass. This is a very light cocktail.