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8
SHERRY
COBBLER.
Sherry
Cobbler
has
only
been
recently
intro-
duced
into
the
University,
and
has
become
a
great
favourite
among
the
Undergraduates.
It
unfortunately
happened,
that
on
its
first
introduc-
tion,
ice
was
procured
from
the
Confectioners
and
Fishmongers
which
had
been
taken
from
stag-
nant
ponds
and
noisome
ditches
;
consequently
those
who
partook
of
it
imbibed
the
filthy
im-
purities
which
it
contained.
Subsequently
the
lemon,
grape,
strawberry,
and
other
pure
and
wholesome
water
ices
of
the
Confectioners,
have
been
substituted
a
.
Recipe.
Pound
a
small
quantity
of
ice
quite
fine,
by
wrapping
it
in
a
coarse
cloth,
and
beating
it
with
a
mallet
or
rolling
pin.
Half
fill
a
large
tumbler
with
this
powdered
ice.
Add
a
teaspoon-
full
and
a
half
of
pounded
sugar,
two
or
three
a
This
liquor,
drawn
into
the
mouth
through
a
straw,
has
in
more
than
one
instance
produced
Vertigo.