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THE EXOTIC DRINKING BOOK
tion for the imminent male in the stoniest feminine breast.
It
causes
her to think that here in truth is a monstrous clever fellow, a man
above other men. Don't disillusion her. ... For this routine have two
cups and a fire extinguisher handy.
Really strong black coffee,
2
cups
Brandy, (Elaborate but worth it!) rYz cups or so
Peel of orange and lemon, both pared off very thin
Sugar, 8 lumps (Some use four to six)
Whole cloves, 4; or more, to taste
First warm your silver bowl-for china may crack. Put in peel, spice,
and pour in brandy. Light candle and cut lights..Heat ladle by hold–
ing beside candle flame-not over it because of soot. Dip up a couple
tablespoons of brandy, and put in two of sugar. Set alight and lower
ladle into bowl-being sure that neither your Perfect One nor your
own eyebrows are too close when it puffs into a blaze.... Now dip
up a ladle full and let it fall back, then after the proper applause start
putting in coffee gradually, ladling busily all the time. Finally the
flame will flicker and die, and before our audience's interest flickers
and
~ies,
ladle into demitasse cups.
The SHANGHAI COSSACK PUNCH, CoME upon at a MosT VUL–
NERABLE
&
RoMANTic MoMENT, which SHALL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN;
and a FABRICATION which WE HAVE always HELD to BE the FINEST
HoT DRINK ExTANT
Those of us who knew Shanghai before the red Russians were
chased out and the white Russians were dissipated and scattered to the
four corners of the globe, remember what we remember. We recall
one drizzly afternoon after the races, a house in the French Concession
whose host again it is not necessary to mention, and among other in–
teresting selvages of that afternoon-the following, fetched by him
from Siberia during those incredible days when Kolchak's army was
dispersed. . . . This day it was served hot, in tall Russian coffee
glasses.
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