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THE GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION
EXPLODED old ALEWIVES' TALES No. II, PLEADING that
JUST BECAUSE PAST TEMPERANCE DRINKS HAVE usu–
ally BEEN UNATTRACTIVE
&
UNGARNISHED, this SIN
SHOULD NOT PREVAIL in MODERN TIMES
Again we urge readers to consider that any drink that intrigues the
eye has already half conquered. Ice cubes may be tinted in a second
to afford any desired shade; sprigs of green mint, cherries, straw–
berries, raspberries, and other fresh or candied fruits; rose and violet
petals-au
nature/le
or candied, anything pretty the heart desires may
quickly be frozen into each cube. The variety is limited solely by the
imagination.... To suspend fruits in center of cube-freeze first
with tray half full; then center up fruits, add water to fill tray full,
and freeze again.
If
garnish is desired on top of cubes, fill tray almost
full, freeze; tee up fruit and freeze again after adding a tiny bit of
water.
To our mind a sw!;et temperance drink has to look mighty, mighty
pretty to be intriguing. This may also apply to other citizens con–
fronted with spirituous aridity at any current function!
GENERAL J.
.K.
L.
HARKRIDER'S FAMOUS STONE BOTTLE GINGER
BEER No. I, a FINE TIME-TESTED RECEIPT for this AROMATIC BEVERAGE
so EssENTIAL in JAMAICA
&
SHANGHAI BucKs, in SINGAPORE RAFFLES
GIN SLINGS, as WELL as a TASTY CooLER in hs OWN TEMPERATE
RIGHT, FouND in LONDON SUMMER of 1932
This is one of the oldest temperance beverage receipts we own, and
dates well back into Georgian days in rural England,
Circa
1766. To
our way of thinking a rich ginger beer is to average ginger ale as
Napoleon brandy is to Nawth Ca'lina white mule. Stone bottles may
be ordered in for us by the country grocer, on a few days' notice, and
in big towns we may find "empties" in any good delicatessen or pro–
vision store. Of course this ginger beer may be bottled in glass, but
that too is like modernizing any mellowed and ancient custom, or
like a charming girl in sport slacks who wears high heels; for then
certain of the charm flies out the window, through needless incon–
sistency.
Brief comparison of these two formulae shows that No.
II,
that of
the famous Dr. Pereira, employs honey and no yeast since ...
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