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BARTENDERS' MANUAL
Crimean Cup a La Marmora.—(Use a bowl for
mixing.) 1 pint of orgeat syrup; % pint of Cognac;
14 pint of maraschino; 14 P'nt of Jamaica rum; J
bottle of champagne; 1 bottle of soda; 3 ounces of
sugar; 2 lemons and 2 oranges, cut in slices, and a
few slices of pineapple. Stir up well with ladle,
then place it into your dish filled with ice.
Curacoa.—6 ounces of very thin orange peel; 1
pint of whisky; 1 pint of clarified syrup; 1 drachm
powdered alum; 1 drachm carbonate of potash. Place
the orange peel in a bottle which will hold a quart,
with the whisky; cork tightly and let the contents
remain for 12 days, shaking the bottle frequently.
Then strain out the peel, add the syrup; shake well
and let it stand for 3 days. Take out a teacupful
into a mortar and beat up with the alum and potash;
when well mixed pour it back into the bottle and let
it remain for a week. The Curacoa will then be
perfectly clear.
Curacoa Punch.—(A large bar glass.) Jd table
spoon of sugar; 3 or 4 dashes of lemon jnice: 1
wineglass of brandy; 1 pony'Curacoa (red); (d pony
Jamaica rum. Dress with fruits as usual. Fill with
fine ice and sip through a straw.
Currant Brandy.—Take 1 quart of black or red
currants, and fill up with 1 quart of brandy. In two
months strain, and add sugar to taste.
Currant Shrub.—(Use a bowl for mixing; general
rule for preparing.) 1 quart of currant juice; lyi
lbs. of loaf sugar. Boil it gently 8 or 10 minutes,
skimming it well; take it off, and when lukewarm!
add (4 gill of brandy to every pint of shrub. Bottle
tight. Mix a little shrub with ice water and you
will have a delicious drink. Shrub may be made of
cherry or raspberry juice by this method, but the
quantity of sugar must be reduced.
Dizzy Sour.—(Use large bar glass.) Mash (4
lemon; 2 spoonfuLs of powdered sugar; .34 full of
fine ice; 1 jigger rye whisky; 3 dashes benedictine.
Shake well, strain in a sour glass, put in a piece of
pineapple,' float % jigger Jamiaca rum on top and
serve.
Eagle Highball.—(Use small bar glass.) 1 lump
of ice; 3 or 4 dashes lemon; 1 slice lemon neel; 2 to
4 dashes orange bitters; 1 jigger Tom gin. ' Fill
glass with seltzer and serve.
Egg Milk Punch.—(A large bar glass.) 1 egg. .34
tablespoon of sugar; 1 wineglass of brandy; 1 pony
of St. Croix rum; Vo glass of fine ice; fill up with
milk. Use the shaker in mixing, which must be done
thoroughly to a cream. Strain; grate a little nutmeg
on ton.
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