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THE EXOTIC DRINKING BOOK
McPherson as a result of an alleged visit to his Bilgray's Tropic Bar and
Cabaret, long a gay spot on the Isthmus. Now whether Aimee ever went
to Bilgray's under the alias of Betty Adams; and
if
she went there,
whether or not she found anything she wanted, are matters beyond
our deductive powers. All we know is that we arrived one night just
after this alleged inspection, and that Bilgray was mailing out post–
cards, postage
gratis-as
many as we wanted-listing the Hallelujah
ingredients. . . . Of course many thousands went out, and a million
dollar lawsuit was instituted, and Aimee's mother forgot her squabble
with daughter, and rallied to her defense. Even remote, pure and
austere sheets like the New York
Times
had special cables, and we
thought the whole business hugely amusing-and s?"angely enough,
the drink is good. Quote:
Babylonian Grape Brandy (Cognac) ................... · · · ·
I
pony
Ice from the Crest of Mount Sinai ... . ......... ·Lots,
fin
y cracked
Lemon from the Desert of Sin ................. Lime juice, 4 drops
Gomorrah and Sodom vermouth .................. Italian, r jigger
Rum aged in Noah's Ark ..................
Yz
jigger; rye also used
Add Caip's syrup from the Garden of Eden . ......
Yz
tsp Grenadine
You then give it the Hebrew shake and-pop a cherry on top
Say Hallelujah after drinking!
Not that
it
makes any great difference, but the initial letters of each
line spell Bilgray's. Any drink known probably to a hundred thou–
sand people in the last eight or nine years in Panama alone must have
had something besides postcard appeal. . . . It should be served in a
large saucer type champagne glass.
THE HONEYMOON COCKTAIL, or
LUNE de MIEL,
Om
of
MANY STRANGE MEMORIES from a PLACE in PARIS KNOWN as
CHEZ
MA BELLE SOEUR,
under CIRCUMSTANCES not RELEVANT to MEN–
TION, CIRCA
1926
If
the place still exists it can be found,
if
not we can assure those