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THE EXOTIC DRINKING BOOK
a shaker with
2
tsp of
Creme de Cacao,
r or
2
tsp of grenadine to
taste; the white of
r
fresh egg and
r
tsp of ¥ck cream. Shake hard and
pour into a big Manhattan glass letting a little of it foam prettily over
lip of the glass. Garnish with sprigs of tender mint, hang a split red
maraschino cherry over the glass edge too: Take
2
short scarlet cello–
phane straws, touch their lower ends onto the
gl~ss
foot and press the
top ends against the overflowed foam where they stick cleverly to the
outside of the glass. A nice gesture with
all
fancy cream-egg cocktails,
too, by the way.
WORDS to the WISE No. VII, OFFERING up an EARNEST
PLEA for RECENTNESS in ALL EGGS to BE°USED in COCK–
TAILS or DRINKS of any KIND, for that MATTER
A stale or storage egg in a decen·t mixed drink is like a stale or
storage joke in critical and intelligent
company:)~.schew
them rabidly.
If
really fresh eggs can't be had, mix other type drinks, for the result
will reflect no merit round the hearth, no matter how hospitable it
may be.
DAISY de SANTIAGO,
a LoVELY THING INTRODUCED to Us through
the GRACIOUS OFFICES of the LATE FAcUNO BACARDI, of LAMENTED
MEMORY
The Bacardi people were always mighty nice about taking visiting
yachtsmen and other travelers through their factory, and the result
was always amazingly gratifying
in
several ways. As many of us
know they have erected a special small skyscraper in Havana, too,
where visitors may go for free Bacardi drinks, and we must confess
that our name appears in four places on pages of their guest book in
a brilliant modern bar smart enough to make New York jealous. To
our mind, along with the immortal Daiquiri, this is the best Bacardi
drink on record.
Take a big thin goblet and
fill
to the brim with shaved ice. Take a
bar glass and put in r
Yz
jiggers Bacardi, the strained juice of r green
lime, r to
1
Yz
tsp of bar syrup, optional. Stir well and pour onto the
ice, stir up once, garnish with green mint and fresh fruit, and float on
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