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PUNCH
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IRISH WHISKEY PUNCH
This is the genuine Irish beverage. It is generally made one-
third pure whiskey, and two-thirds boiling water, in which
the sugar has been dissolved. If lemon punch, the rind is
rubbed on the sugar, and a small proportion of juice added
before the whiskey is poured in.
Irish whiskey is not fit to drink until it is three years
old.
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GIN PUNCH
Use large bar glass
One tablespoonjul of rasp- One and one-half wineglasses
berry syrup.
of gin.
Two tablespoonsful of white One-half of a small-sized
sugar.
lemon.
One wineglass of water.
Two slices of orange.
One piece of pineapple.
Fill the tumbler with shaved ice. Shake well, and ornament
the top with berries in season. Sip through a glass tube or
straw.
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GIN PUNCH
From a recipe by Soyer.^
One-half pint of old gin.
Four ounces of syrup.
One gill of maraschino.
One quart bottle of German
The juice of two lemons.
seltzer water.
The rind of half a lemon. Ice well.
1 Alexis Benoit Soyer, a famous French culinary artist who died in
1858. He was chef to several English noblemen, and in 1855 was culinary
adviser to the British Army in the Crimea. He invented an army cooking
wagon and wrote many books on cookery. His wife was a portrait painter.
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