1939 The Gentleman's Companion volume II Beeing an Exotic Drinking Book

THE EXOTIC DRINKING BOOK

Gin,

Cura~ao,

Good cognac,

Orange bitters, dash

Mix

with lots of

ice,

shake vigorously and serve in a Manhattan

glass. A twist of yellow orange peel

optional, to add oil.

GIN

QUININE WATER, or

"Gm

ToNic"-ORIGINATED to

COMBAT FEVERS, REAL or ALLEGED,

which LATER BECAME an EsTAB–

LISHED DRINK in INDIA

the TROPICAL BRITISH EAST,

STILL LATER

BECAME AccEPTED over HERE by AMERICAN HosTs WHO WANTED to

IMPRESS FoLK

with

HAVING CoMBED the ORIENT

This is merely a gin highball, using dry or old·:fom gin-either

or r

jiggers-and filled up with chilled quinine tonic water. All

Americans, and some Britishers not so hidebound as to insist on

brassy, half.warm drinks, added

lumps of ice, an_d a

t~ist

of lime

peel. We like the latter style better, but must warn

all

those who em–

brace this drink to remember it is a medicine and not primarily a

stimulant only. On more than one occasion we have temporarily

showed aberration on this subject, with the result that our ears rang

unmercifully and next day we felt like Rameses

II,

reclzauffe.

suggest from

to 4 drinks of gin and tonic as being plenty for any

one sitting.

GIN FIZZES, to the NuMBER or ELEVEN, which SHALL BE REMEM–

BERED LoNG after THEIR SPONSORS

ARE

DEAD

GONE,

WHOSE GENIUS

WE RANK alongside that of the INVENTORS of the MINT JULEP,

other

TRULY IMMORTAL DISCOVERIES

FIRST of ALL the AZIZ SPECIAL, BEING the IMPECCABLE GIN

Fizz of Aziz EFFENDI, MoNITOR of the ONE

ONL

WINTER PALACE

HoTEL, which

in LoucQsoR, in EGYPT, up the NILE FouR HuNDRED

EIGHTEEN ENGLISH MILES by RAIL,

FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY by

DAHABEAH

Those of us who have journeyed up the East Bank of the Nile by

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