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58

MISCEI,LANEOUS DRINKS.

226

ECAU.

This is a double-distilled kummel made into a liqueur and should be

served after dinner by being poured over shaved ice like creme de menthe, etc.

227

EGG NOG.

Place a barspoonful of sugar in a large mixing-glass," add some fine ice,

a raw egg, a jigger of cognac and a dash of St. Croix rum. Fill the glass

with good milk, shake thoroughly, grate nutmeg over the top and serve with

straws.

228

EGGNOG.

ONE GALLON.

Dissolve four tablespoonfuls of bar sugar in three quarts of pure fresh

milk

in a punch-bowl, to which add a small barglassful of

Cura~ao,

seven–

eighths of a bottle of cognac and one-eighth of a bottle of either St. Croix

or Jamaica rum. Now beat the yolks of a dozen fancy selected fresh eggs

until thin, and the whites until stiff and frothy; stir the yolks into the above

mixture and lay the white froth carefully over the top of the liquid. Sprinkle

a little red and blue confectioners' sugar over the froth, but do not add nut-.

meg. Hav!l a little grated nutmeg on the side, and those who prefer it can

usa it.

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If

the eggs are not scrupulously fresh great difficulty will be experienced

in separating all the yolks from the whites, and when this trouble occurs it

will be found impossible to make a nice froth.

To make a large quantity of Egg 'Nog multiply the various ingredients

in the above recipe by as many gallons as you wish to make, and the desired

result will be attained.

By filling a siphon soda bottle with some of the above mixture and

adding a cake _of compressed yeast to it an effervescent draught fit for the

gods can be produced. After filling the bottle and adding the yeast put it in

a warm place for five or six hours and then remove it to a cool place for a

few days before using, when enough gas will have generated in the bottle

to cause it to flow like soda. This is a splendid thing for invalids.

NoTE.-Eggs with dark-colored shells contain more coloring matter than

those with white shells, and will consequently give better results.

229

EGG NOG, SHERRY.

Substitute sherry wine for cognac and rum and follow all the other

directions in the two preceding recipes.