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SOURS.
400
SHRUBS.
A great variety of Shrubs may be properly prepared by substit utin g
one liquor or one kind of fruit for another, and following the directions in
the preceding r ecipes.
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Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come ;
And let my liver rather heat with wine
Than my heart cool with mortifying
groans.-Shakespeare.
BRANDY SOUR.
Into a small mixing-glass place about a tablespoonful of gum syrup or
a heaping tablespoonful of bar sugar, the juice of two leJnons and a jigger
of cognac brandy; shake thoroughly with some fine ice, strain into a highball
or punch-glass, fill the glass ·with effervescent water, stfr, decorate with fr uits
and serve.
405
GIN SOUR.
Make the same as Brandy Sour with Holland gin substituted for brandy.
406
RUM SOUR.
Mnke the same as B randy Sour, with Jamaica rum substituted for brandy.
407
SARATOGA SOUR. '
Another name fo r an ordinary Sour.
408
ST. CROIX SOUR.
Make t he same as Brandy Sour, with St. Croix rum substituted for cognac.
409
WHISKEY SOUR.
Make the same as Brandy Sour, with whiskey substituted for brandy.