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THE EXOTIC DRINKING BOOK
Fill a large goblet with shaved ice well packed down,
mix
the
liquids and pour over ice, then garnish with sliced orange, cherries,
and a stick of fresh ripe pineapple, and plenty of fresh mint.
SAVANNAH PLANTER'S PUNCH
Cotton, lumber and naval stores, rosin, turpentine spirits, that was
-and still is, Savannah. The whole world sailed to Savannah's door
up Tybee River, and many a West Indian Colonial found it-with
Charleston-a first mainland step before reaching England. . . . This
Planter's Punch varies quite a bit from those punches and swizzles
we've inspected and brewed along the great circle of islands from
Haiti to Trinidad and Curai;:ao. But it's a sound one; and as
all
sound
potables should be-it's simple. Also it's
tall~
For one:
First chill the glasses-whether silver or crystal
Good Jamaica rum, wine
gl~ss;
or
2
ponies, to taste
Cognac brandy,
2
jiggers
Lime, juice,
I;
or juice
Yi
lemon
Fresh pineapple juice,
Yi
jigger
Pack the glasses tightly with
finely
shaved ice, pour in the liquids
previously mixed, stir briskly for a moment with long spoon or
swizzle stick. Garnish with a finger of ripe pineapple, a cherry, or a
bit of orange. Serve when glass frosts. There's no dodging the fact
that we must expect to use decent rum. This recently born swarm of
new, strange rums can no more replace even a fair Jamaica, Barbados
or Haitian rum, than Mr. Kreisler can play the
E Flat Nocturne
on
a turnip crate. . . . The cognac lends the original touch here.
FIVE WEST INDIAN SWIZZLES of a COMFORTING DISPOSITION
)
&
EMBRACING ONE of JAMAICA RuM, and FouR of AUTHENTIC ORIGIN
and other BAsEs, from the RouGH LoG of FREDERICK ABILDGAARD
FENGER
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