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THE EXOTIC DRINKING BOOK
THE AMER PICON "POUFFLE" FIZZ, SOMETHINGNATIVE ORIGI–
NALLY to PARJs,
&
E COUNTERED at the CAFEdu DoME, where in SPITE
of the AMERICAN INUNDATION of PsEuDo-BoHEMIANS Is STILL a
MoDERATELY CoNSISTE T RENDEzvous for other AMERICANS over
THERE Wtto Do THI
·cs
with THEm BRAINS
&
H ANDS
Simply turn
I
to r
Yz
jiggers of Amer Picon into a shaker, add lots
of cracked ice, the white of r fresh egg,
Yz
jigger of grenadine, shake,
then turn everything into a big thin goblet and
fill
up with club soda
to suit taste. This is a fine stomachic, and inspires interest in foods.
THE ORIGINAL GIN FIZZ which WAS Lo G a SECRET of the
BROTHERS RAMos, and which W AS GrVEN out by THEM, in a Frr of
GENEROUS ABERRATION during Oun ALLEGED
&
RrnrcULous DnouTH
of the PROHIBITION ERA
The Ramos Fizz has long been synonymous with the finest in all
the New Orleans art. Thinking that the formula, like any history deal–
ing with the dead arts, should be engraved on the
~ablets
of history,
it was given to the world after the now rejuvenated Ramos bar closed
for the "dry" era. The main secret of excellence was the platoon of
8 or
I
doz blackamoors who passed the shaker over shoulders to the
next, after each had literally shaken his heart out chilling the drink.
. . . Iced glasses, and iced soda, also were vital factors of excellence.
To
I
jigger of old Tom gin add
1
tsp sugar, 3 to 4 drops of orange
Bower water, white of r fresh egg,
2
tbsp cream, and the juice-–
strained-of
Yz
lime and
Yz
lemon.
The shaker is first iced with a tumbler of finely cracked ice, then
ingredients go in, then the shake-which when done by hand should
last at least r
full
minute. Serve strained in a thin goblet and top off
with chilled club soda of best grade, to taste. . . . Here again we
earnestly recommend The Mixer, only using about
Y4
goblet of fine
ice. This Mixer reduces ice to powder, changes consistency of main
drink to a sherbet; then the soda, added and stirred, reduces
this
first
frozen consistency to a creamy, slick, chill loveliness. We always use
this method to save overheat from physical exertion. It changes the
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