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THE GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION
syrup
is
conventional. Now add the juice of
1
small green lime, or
Yz
a small lemon, carefully strained, of course. Shake well and serve in
a flute cocktail glass
with
a stem. No garnish, and straws may be
stuck to the
lip
of the glass-scarlet straws, please.
KELLY'S SHAMROCK SPECIAL, from the BAR at the OLD
KELLY'S Rrrz, which WAS a FAMOUS CABARET at the WESTERN, or
PACIFIC ENTRANCE of the BIG DITCH,
&
which UsED to GROW MoRE
&
MoRE INTERESTING with EVERY FLOOR DATING from GRADE!
One of the eight or ten times we've prowled the Zone, it became
prudent to spring two American friends from the local native city
Cuartel-jail
in Americana-where they were incarcerated for slight
offenses not necessary to mention. The celebration, on St. Patrick's
day, resulted in the following brain-child, in co-operation with the
then head barkeep of Kelly's Ritz. . . Barring this, shake with finely
cracked ice.
Dry gin,
1
jigger
Lime, juice
1
small,
Yz
large
Green creme de menthe,
2
tsp
Bar sugar or syrup,
Yz
tsp
Egg, white
1
Mix with shaved ice, and frappe diligently-preferably with an
electric machine like The Mixer; shake through a sieve into a tall
cocktail glass with stem, garnish with a clover leaf or shamrock-we
used a sprig of mint. This sieve business builds the drink into a conical
mound.
THE FAMOUS SHANGHAI BUCK, a CLASSIC in this VAsT PoRT
which CoNsuMES-or Dm CONSUME, at LEAST, before the JAPANESE
IssuE-MoRE BACARDI RuM than any other ,CITY on EARTH
The British Shanghai Club Bar, on the Bund at Shanghai, for years
boasted the longest mahogany strip in the known world, but has of
course long since been surpassed here, after America shrugged off
the arid yoke of prohibition. The fact remains, that it has more at–
mosphere right now to the square inch than most chromium plated
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