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THE EXOTIC DRINKING BOOK
a fan-like branching of roots-the latter cut some
3"
long-and look–
ing like small gnarled fingers. This branched end is sunk into the
pitcher with ice and drink ingredients, the stem is held vertically be–
tween palms, and rotated smartly by sliding the palms back and forth.
They are procurable in
all
British West Indian possessions, for ob–
vious reasons, and are a romantic touch; actually however a swizzle
made out of this routine is no better than one chilled with a modern
chromium plated metal swizzle stick. Like airplane propellers made
of wood, and metal, the main question is do they stir up the air?
THE WORLD FAMOUS QUARANTINE COCKTAIL, No. I
FAVOURITE in MANILA, where IT even OUTSTRIPS the PERENNIAL DRY
MARTINI
This drink is quite rich, and one is enough before a dinner. The
anis del mono-or "anis
of the monkey head"-is the highly alcoholic
type Spaniards use as a pre-breakfast eye opener all over the globe.
If
French anisette liqueur is used we had better
in~rease
the quantity
to
Yz
tsp or so. . . . Take
1
jigger of Bacardi,
I
tsp each of gin and
dry French vermouth,
Yz
jigger of orange juice,
2
tsp lemon juice,
sugar to taste, and
1
tbsp of egg white. Add
I
or
2
drops of
anis,
shake
with lots of cracked ice and turn into a Manhattan glass. Monk An–
trim's receipt sent especially for this volume calls for
I
tbsp of com–
bined gin and vermouth, and orange and lemon juice in equal
amounts, about
I
tsp each. Egg white is more than the standard blend,
being
Yz
a whole white.
THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE COCKTAIL; NAMED, so TELL
THEY the TALE, for QUEEN CHARLOTIE AMALIA-or AMALIE-now
also the
NAME
for St. GEORGES in the AMERICAN VIRGIN lsLANDS
This is a lovely warm weather affair of a mildness which even a
Quaker miss could not shy at! It was donated by the charming wife
of a Pan-American Airways pilot on the big
Brazilian Clipper
for
them as likes their likker weak.
Fill a tom collins glass half way up with finely cracked ice, turn in
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