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THE GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION
l'l'Z
oz affairs which squeezes four or five extra drinks out of every
bottle for our up-to-date barkeeps!
Chill glasses, dampen edge and dip
in powdered sugar
Put a small spiral of orange peel
in
each
2
jiggers dry gin
2
tsp orange flower water
Sugar to taste
Juice of
2
oranges
Use pretty large glasses, as the ice must do a bit of diluting for us.
Fill large shaker with lots of ice; frappe vigorously. Pour out and
twist a bit of peel over each to add the fragrance of flavour of the
essential oils to the ensemble.
THE FOURTH REGIMENT COCKTAIL, BROUGHT to OuR
AMAZED ATTENTION by ONE CoMMANDER LIVESEY, in CoMMAND of
ONE of His MAJESTY'S DAPPER LITTLE SLOOPS of WAR, out in BoM–
BAY,
A.D. 1931
This, we discovered finally, was merely a Manhattan Cocktail made
in 4 oz size, spiced with
l
dash each of celery, Angostura and orange
bitters-but why the last was included we never have understood as
the Angostura dominates. Chill very cold and garnish with a twist of
green lime peel squeezed so as to deposit oil upon the waters after the
drink is poured.
LA FRAISE d'AMOUR,
another TENTATIVE ADVENTUROUS OFFER–
ING from ONE of those QurnT SPOTS in the B01s de BouLoGNE, REFERRED
to before, from TIME to TIME
I
Another spring, it was in 1926, we sat out under the trees and dined
and danced and discussed matters that were old when Marie Antoi–
nette rode to the guillotine
in
her tragic tumbril, or when du Barry
passed in her royal carriage. This
Fraise d'Amour,
my dear friends, is
~ot
a woman's drink in the usual concept of the word; hut, on occa–
s10n, can be very apt to a charming lady. It is a deceiver; mild-tasting,
insidious, slow to act, but thorough at the last!