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THE
ART
OF DRINKING
HOW TO
MIX COCKTAILS
(With a pol
o
g i es to Charles Lamb's
Popular Fallacies.)
A man can never make good cocktails
unless he is satisfied, nay positive, that no
man breathing can make better. I can, and
do make good cocktails because I do noth–
ing else, and this is my way of doing it.
I retire to a solitary corner, or better still
Jock myself up in the pantry with my para–
phernalia at hand. These are what I usu–
ally have: a large cocktail shaker, an orange
squeezer, plenty of cracked ice (many a
good cocktail is ruined because there is not
enough ice in the shaker), a measuring
glass, and the necessary ingredients for
the drink. I allow myself ten minutes to
blend the proportions, measuring them
carefully. Then I add the ice, and shake
the concoction vigorously until the shaker
actually steams with cold; and then Kanga–
roos
!
how beautiful the cocktails taste.
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