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

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Drinks—Long and Short But to return to the shaker. The best type is that shaped like a jug or coffee-pot, the spout being fitted with a screw-cap and the stopper with a good cork. This kind of shaker does not leak as do so many of the ordinary type, and the spout and handle facilitate pouring out. Also it IS more decorative in appearance. One should never forget that the charm of cocktail-making, or any other ritual connected with eating and drinking,,lies in nicety of detail. The pleasure of the eye should precede that ofthe palate. In mixing the cocktails given in this book, the ingredients should be poured into the shaker in the precise order given. In many cases the success of the drink depends on the observance of this direction; alteration of the order may change the entire character of the cocktail, for flavour is an exceedingly subtle thing. In every case, unless otherwise directed, the ice must be added last of all. The authors have, for con venience sake, avoided using an arbitrary measure such as the jigger; in its stead they have chosen as a measuring unit one of the glasses in which the cocktail is to be served. Glasses vary in capacity, and the jigger measure may cause the hostess the embarrassment of making either too much which in the case of a popular cocktail is a fault,if anything,on the right side— or too little, which from the convivial point of view is that crime worse than a sin: a blunder.