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stirrups, yelling "giddy-yap," and ready to go places and
do things. Origin has been attributed to George Wash
ington. If true it may be the reason the father of our
country departed on such frequent trips from Mount
Vernon. Another clue—there's a cherry in it!
Father, mother, sister, brother we cannot tell a lie—this
is a swell drink. No wonder G.W^. was first in the hearts
of his countrymen.
Ambrosia
1 jigger cognac brandy
1 jigger applejack
1 dash Cointreau
1 lemon—juice only
champagne
Mix all hut the champagne and pour into a thin 6-ouncc glass.
The mixture will half fill the glass. Pour in the champagne to
the hrim. Drink while sparkling.
Ambrosia is popularly supposed to have been the drink
concocted by the Greek gods on Mount Olympus, and
was calculated to put sparkle in Grecian ladies eyes and
hair on Grecian gentlemen's chests. At Arnaud's, one of
the better French restaurants in New Orleans'
Vieux
CarrS, a modern version of the Mount Olympus is served.
We have it from the proprietor, Arnaud Cazenave
("Count Arnaud" to his familiars) that the ambrosia he
brews is one the lovely Hebe might well have served
Juno, Jupiter, Ganymede, and the balance of the Olym
pus crowd. We who have sampled it agree.
(Note by our dietetics editor: Ambrosia was the food
partaken of by the high gods of Olympus. Nectar was
the dnn\^ No matter—ambrosia or nectar—^it's all one
at the incomparable Arnaud's.
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