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Also may be required, according to the respective
prescriptions, ofthe following:—
Juice ofthelemon,orange,lime.Passion fruit or grape
fruit; peel of the lemon, orange or cucumber; fresh
cream, strawberries, raspberries, sugar (lump, soft or
syrup),crushed chocolate,fresh plucked mint,nutmeg,
the wMte or the yolk of a new-laid egg, pepper, red
pepper, Worcestershire sauce and Tomato Catsup.
(N.B.—Possibly all these ingredients make the finest
cocktail of aU, but unfortunately up to the moment of
going to press the correct proportions have evaded us.)
The origin of the word cocktail has given rise to
speculation, and yea, even to disputation among the
cognoscenti; but never to acrimony, since your true
devotee of the cocktail
Now We Arrive at the above all a broad-
. _TC niinded fellow of a cheer-
^O V_^ Jv X A1JL.o fui disposition. Some
hold to the story that the
first cocktail was mixed by accident or in excitement by
a beautiful innkeeper's daughter upon the unexpected
return ofa missing fighting cock,the dehcious concoc
tion being consumed as a toast to the tail of the cock.
Others are equally convinced that the name derives
from a beautiful Mexican Princess named Coctel, of
whom a romantic story is told concerning a strange
potion of her own brewing.
We, personally, care not; one tale is as good as
another to mark the birth of a name which labels an
infinity of"shakes" ... without which appetites
for luncheon and dinner wotild certainly lack that
keen edge of anticipation, and Black Mondays be
several degrees blacker! Letus then,for immediate or
future reference, scan the intriguing recipes hereafter
presented for tlie benefit of Tired Business Men,
Bright Young Folk, the Disillusioned and Depressed
... Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh, et al!
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