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THE EXOTIC DRINKING BOOK
Pnom Penh-to Bangkok to meet ship again at Pak Nam. . . . The
plane reminded us of a celery crate decorated, respectively, with an
electric fan and an evinrude motor. It sputtered and died finally com–
ing to rest on the Saigon River, with no chance to walk home. . . .
This addition to any anthology of dampness was one remembered
aftermath when back in Saigon, and muttering about the contrari–
ness of fate generally. On checking we find that it is a slightly sweeter
Jerusalem Between-the-Sheets, plus a nip of egg white.
Cognac,
l
pony
Dry gin,
Yz
pony
Cointreau,
Yz
pony
Lemon juice,
Yz
tsp
Egg white,
2
tsp or so
Shake with cracked ice and serve
in
tall cocktail glass with stem.
Garnish with cherry. Use no sugar, the
cointre.~u
lends sweetness.
SANTIAGO NIGHTCAP, from a STAY
in
SANTIAGO de CUBA, in
the EARLY SPRING of
1930
..
This is another favour passed along to this field representative and
wine tester by the late Senor Facuno Bacardi, it being his primary
thought to donate something to woo sleep and restore the slightly
frayed physical assembly. It is a simple drink, and would also make
a fine picker-upper.... Take
l)iz
jiggers of Gold Seal Bacardi rum,
add
l
pony of orange curac;:ao and the yolk of
l
egg. Shake hard with
cracked ice and strain into a large saucer champagne glass.
THE SEPTEMBER MORN, FmsT DiscoVERED at the
INGLE–
TERRE
BAR in HAVANA, CuBA, in the MoNTH of JANUARY
1926
This is simply the famous Clover Club, as mixed originally at the
Belleview Stratford in pre-prohibition times, only instead of being
based on dry gin, it employs the rounder, less pungent foundation of
Bacardi rum. At the Polo Club, in Manila, the September Morn has
in
addition,
Yz
pony of dry French vermouth. . . . Therefore: take
l)iz
jiggers of Gold Seal Bacardi,
Yz
tsp sugar,
2
tsp of egg white,
Yz
pony of raspberry syrup. Grenadine may substitute, but raspberry
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