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Cocktails
OLD-FASHIONED WHISKEY
This was brought to the old Waldorf in the days of its
"sit-down" Bar, and introduced by, or in honor of, Col.
James E. Pepper, of Kentucky, proprietor of a celebrated
whiskey of the period. The Old-fashioned Whiskey cocktail
was said to have been the invention of. a bartender at the
famous Pendennis Club in Louisville, of which Col. Pepper
was a member.
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OLIVET
OPAL
One-quarter lump Sugar
Two spoons Water
One dash Angostura
One jigf;er Whiskey
One piece Lemon Peel
One lump Ice
Serve with small spoon
Dash of Orange Bitters
One-half Tom Gin
One-halfltalian Vermuth
Stir; strain; one Olive in glass
Dash of Orange Bitters
One-half Plymouth Gin
One-half French Vermuth
Stir; strain; one dash o{Absinthe on
top
ORANGE BLOSSOM
May have been named by a youthful bartender with ro–
mantic spring notions, though the weight of such evidence
as is obtainable ascribes it to some young bridegroom or
other who wanted something novel to use at his final stag
party. Confused bymany present-day drinkers with a Bronx:.
One-third Orange Juice
One-third Tom Gin
One-third Italian Vermuth
Frappe