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THE EXOTIC DRINKING BOOK
iss-how shall I say eet?-'food, dreenk, and lodging,' all at zee same
tam!" ... True,
ma soeur,
true!
TIGER'S MILK No. II, from the BAR BooK of a TINY SMILING ANNA–
MESE BAR-BoY at the PHYA-THAI PALACE, BANGKOK, SIAM, in the YEAR
1932 . . . TIGER's MILK No. III is on PAGE 90
We had come in from a day around town-looking at a sleeping
Buddha 90 feet or so long, at temples and
wats
searching upward to
the sun; at
Wat Arun,
gleaming with porcelain insets, brilliant butter–
fly-hued tiles, at the temple of the Emerald Buddha, the Wat Phra–
Keo, with the sacred Gautama himself carved from a single emerald
so runneth the tale-but green jasper to us-some 60 centimeters
high, and with 3 changes of jewel and gold cloth clothing, to keep him
comfortable during the rainy, the cold and the hot seasons. We were
wearied of Buddha and Yagas, or guardian demons; we were tired of
sightseeing altogether and wanted to rest and relax before going to
the Royal Dancers in the-of all
ideas!-Roman
Garden of the Phya–
Thai Palace that gala night. We wanted something to forget our
weary insteps, or sun-toasted eyeballs, before freshening up and chang–
ing for evening. We asked, through an inte.r.preter of sorts, if the bar–
boy might have anything possible to make a Tiger's Milk. The answer
was that, evidently, the Gerber-Seaholm idea had penetrated there
too, authorized by some hardy and -careless soul like ourself with
medical knowledge enough to realize that enough alcohol will
strangle the microbes even in Siamese milk and cream-which is a
chancey statement we might say. The Bacardi lends a typical British
modification, a twist. . . . Old brandy
l
Yz
jiggers, Bacardi Gold Seal
the same;
Yz
cup each of thick cream and milk, then sweeten to taste.
Shake vigorously for at least
Yz
minute with big lumps of ice and
serve in a goblet. Dust
w:;?
nutmeg, or ground mace, or cinnamon.
THE IMPROVED TURF COCKTAIL No. I, a MoDIFICATION of
OuR OWN from DmTY DrcK's" NAssAu, B.1., 1937
We first sampled this drink in Nassau quite some time back, hav-
1
ing flown over Pan-American Airways, after the official tourist season
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