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try his hand on this one before experimenting with the
multiple-ringed kinds. It has all the delights of the more
intricate pousse cafSs.
Cuban Rainbow Pousse Cafe
1/8 grenadine sirup
1/8 anisette
1/8 abricotine, apricot brandy, or apry
1/8 cr^me de menthe
1/8 orange cura9ao
1/8 yellow chartreuse
1/8 green chartreuse
1/8 Cuban rum
The preparation of this pousse cafS is the same as given in the
recipes. Note, however, that this rainbow of liqueurs calls for a
ring of rum to top it (brandy may be substituted). Set afire with
a match and the rainbow will be a blaze of color.
This is the Pousse caf6 that Sloppy Joe of Havana,
Cuba, serves customers at his famous bar, a rendezvous
for convivial New Orleanians and other travelers.
Tchoupifoulas Street Guzzle
1 split ginger beer
1 jigger Cuban type rum
Ginger beer is not to be had these days, but ginger ale will do
as well. Mix with ice.
Guzzle is a somewhat inelegant word meaning to
drink immoderately or frequently. Prior to the Civil
War days the Iron Horse tavern was famed for its
guzzle. As it increased in popularity along a certain
New Orleans street it acquired the name of that street
and became known as the Tchoupitoulas Street Guzzle.
Tchoupitoulas (pronounced Chop-a-too'-las) was the
name of an ancient Indian tribe that had its village in
what is now the upper part of New Orleans. Just what
sort of fire-water was their favorite guzzle history saith
not.
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