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GLOSSARY
PEYCHAUD BITTERS.
—An aromatic bitters manu-
factured in America from the original recipe.
Red in colour.
PIMENTO DRAM.
—A liqueur made by steeping green
and ripe Pimento berries in rum. Dark red in
colour.
PRUNELLE.
—A liqueur, pale green in colour and
with the flavour of sloes or plums.
PRUNELLE DE BOURGOGNE.—
A French liqueur
possessing valuable digestive properties.
PURL.
—An old fashioned winter drink. It used to be
made up of a mixture of Ale and Beer with Gin
and Bitters.
QUETSCH.
—A liqueur manufactured in France, the
colour of gin, with a flavour of plums.
QUINADO, TONIC WINE.—
Wine flavoured with
quinine.
RABINOWKA.
—A pink liqueur, dry or sweet, flavoured
with rowanberry.
RASPAIL.
— A liqueur possessing valuable digestive
properties.
RASPBERRY BRANDY.—
A liqueur Brandy flavoured
with raspberry, dark reddish brown in colour.
RATAFIA.
—A liqueur flavoured with almonds or the
kernels of peaches or cherries.
RUM.
—A spirit distilled from the fermented sugar cane
juice and molasses. Various kinds have different
colours, the most usual are white or brown.
SAKI.
—Spirit distilled from rice.
SANSILVESTRO.—
A pale green liqueur distilled by the
Aurum distillery and well known in Italy as
Centrebe (Hundred Herbs).
SCHNAPPS.
—Originally made in Schiedan. The term
Schnapps is used in Europe to denote spirits of
all descriptions, but in England it means a Gin
manufactured in Holland.