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With
eggs~
He may demand the moderate advancement of the gov–
erning thtottle implicit in a sour or simple highball, or he may call
in
impassioned tones for the alcoholic equivalent of adrenalin arid
oxygen, the quick emergency functions of Stinger, Scotch Mist or
.a Sundowner.Cocktail.
It is
in
the early watches that the knowing and perceptive bar–
keep must most closely
fill
the function of physician and adviser.
His
client~
are in humbled or quiescent mood, usually
in
search of
soft words and consolation. By noontime he may be in requisition
as adviser on the race track situation and by nightfall, variously
in
demand as councillor·at love, bail bondsman or bouncer, but in the
morning his technique is guided by a strictly bedside
manner~
Some of the more conventional restoratives during the placid
honrs when the laundry is delivering the waiter's aprons and the
day;s beer is cooling in the coils are:
Milk Punch (plain):
1h
pt. milk
1 tsp. sugar
:
·Sherry Flip:
Port Flip:
22: Stork Club Bar Book
Shake, strain and serve in 12 oz. glass and
put little nutmeg on top.
2 oz. sherry wine
1 tsp. sugar
whole egg
Shake well. Nutmeg on top. Use wine glass.
2 oz. port
wine
1 tsp. sugar
whole egg
·
· Shake well. Nutmeg on top. Use wine glass.