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THE EXOTIC DRINKING BOOK
TEQUILA SPECIAL,
a
la BERT/TA,
GARNERED, among other
THINGS, in LoVELY TAxco, in FEBRUARY of 1937
This is a shocker from the place of Bertita, across from the cathedral
steps in Taxco, already mentioned. It is a cooler as well and Americans
will find it very unusual. Take
2
ponies of good tequila, the juice of
1
lime,
1
tsp sugar and
2
dashes of orange bitters. Stir in a collins glass
with lots of small ice, then
fill
with club soda. No garnish except
crushed halves of the lime.
TEQUILA
por MI AMANTE,
or TEQUILA for MY BELOVED; MExrco
CITY, 1937
This is a prepared beverage requiring patience and from three to
four weeks.
Tequila,
1
pint
Ripe strawberries,
1
qt, cut in halves
Wash and stem the berries, put into an airtight jar or bottle, pour
on enough tequila to cover. Shut tightly and stand for at least twenty–
one days. Strain. . . . This berry process extracts some of the raw
taste, adds a rosy dawn touch. Our.Mexican drinks it straight always.
We opine that handled in the same way as sloe gin, discoveries would
be made. . . . Other fruit like wild cherries, blackberries, and so on
could be tried.
TIGER'S MILK, what IT Is,
&
WHY; DATED from PEKING, APRIL
1931
We honestly consider this one of the most amazing and delicious
building-up drinks we've ever known. That year we didn't go from
Fusan to Seoul, Korea, to Mukden and then down to Peking, be–
cause the JapanesM puppet makers had just started slamming the door,
but we did get there on the crack blue train via Tientsin, from
Chingwangtao. Yes, we coasted in through the break in the huge
breath-taking battlements of the Tartar Wall, to the station by the
Water Gate-so vital to the Allies during the Boxer Siege of the
Legations in 1900.
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