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CHAPTER I

MORNING DRINKS KNOWN AS" PICKUPS"

OR "BRACERS"

When You Stagger Out of B ed, Groggy, Grouchy and

Cross-T empered

CHARLESTON BRACER

Place in shaker, one part brandy, one part Port wine,

one raw egg, one half teaspoonful of powdered sugar or

plain syrup. Add sufficient cracked ice, shake thoroughly

in order to break egg and strain into serving glass.

BRANDY SouR

Mix in a small bar glass a large teaspoonful of

powdered sugar dissolved in a little seltzer water, the

juice of half a lemon, and a dash of Curacoa. Pour in a

wine-glass of brandy. Fill the glass with shaved ice. Shake

and strain into a claret glass. Ornament with orange and

berries in season.

Gm

SouR

Mix in a small bar glass a large teaspoonful of

powdered white sugar dissolved in a little seltzer water,

the juice of half a lemon, and a dash of bitters. Pour in

a wine-glass of gin·. Fill the glass with shaved ice. Shake

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