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DRINKS.
"
First
count's
for
that
with
divers
jugs,
To
wit,
twelve
pots,
twelve
cups,
twelve
mugs,
Of
certain
vulgar
drink
called
toddy,
Said
Gull
did
sluice
said
Gudgeon's
body."
The
names
of
American
drinks
form
an
amusing
study.
Passing
over
the
well
known
sleepers,
sifters,
flosters,
knickerbockers,
ching-chings,
Alabama
fog-
cutters
and
thunderbolt
cocktails,
the
lightening
smashes
and
eye-openers
of
Connecticut,
the
corpse
revivers,
the
Mother
Shiptons
and
the
Maiden's
Prayers,
we
propose
to
give
a
list
of
some
of
the
most
remarkable
titles,
with
receipts
added,
to
satisfy
the
appetite
of
any
who
care
to
compound
them.
A
Yard
of
Flannel.
A
yard
of
flannel,
otherwise
called
egg
flip.
—
Boil
a
quart
of
ale
in
a
tinned
saucepan.
Beat
up
yolks
of
four
with
the
whites
of
two
eggs.
Add
four
table-
spoonfuls
of
brown
sugar
and
a
soupgon
of
nutmeg.
Pour
on
this
by
degrees
the
hot
ale,
taking
care
to
prevent
mixture
from
curdling.
Pour
back
and
for-
ward
repeatedly,
raising
the
hand
as
high
as
possible.
This
produces
the
frothing
and
smoothness
essential
to
the
goodness
of
the
drink.
It
is
called
a
yard
of
flannel
from
its
fleecy
appearance.
White
Tiger
s
Milk
(a
la
Thomas
Dunn
English,
Esq.).
Half
a
gill
apple
jack,
\
gill
peach
brandy,
\
tea-
spoonful
aromatic
tincture,^
white
of
an
^^^
well
^
Aromatic
tincture
:
Ginger,
cinnamon,
orange
peel,
each
i
oz.
valerian,
\
oz.
;
alcohol,
2
quarts.
Macerate
for
fourteen
days
and
filter
through
unsized
paper.