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THE GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION
AND NOW, FINALLY MARCH CERTAIN HoT Arns Fou NDED on
RUMS
THE JAMAICA BLACK STRIPE, BEING SERVED as OFTEN HoT
as CoLD, MAYBE FouNDby TURNINGto PAGE I8
NEXT MARCHES the BAKER "HORSE COLLAR," ORIGINATED
by the AUTHOR, A.D. 1935, upon RUNNING into STONINGTON, RHODE
IsLAND, ahead of a HoWLING NoR'EASTER when HEADING SouTH from
LAWLEY's YARD to FLORIDA in
MARMION
This hotter toddy was invented by these sere and palsied hands,
quite through luck and by accident. Our 56 foot ketch
MARMION
having just been discharged with a new and costly main trys'l re-rig
from Lawley's Yard, the split-sprit necessary to spreading that fancy
triangular bit of canvas became known as the "Horse Collar." On the
run from Cape Cod to New York, we stuck our noses into a snoring
nor'easter, which added up so quickly that we dropped the hook at
Stonington, Rhode Island, rather than be shaken up any more than
necessary. It was nearly November and cold as hades. Well that night
all hands screamed for hot rum, and we found no lemons in the laza–
rette-and to many otherwise cultured folk a hot rum without a dash
of lemon is like the Democratic Party without the ghost of Jefferson,
Tom without Jerry, a Cuban without his mistress. But we had
oranges!-and thereby hangs a tale. For suddenly we thought of
orange peel-and orange peel roasted with wild duck and how su–
perbly fragrant it can become. Scarcely daring to hope for anything
virtuous coming out of the effort we proceeded as follows.
Tin cups for mariners, silver julep cups
for
fancies
Carta de Oro
Bacardi, Jamaica, Barbados, or Haitian rum,
2
jiggers
Orange peel,
I
to each cup, cut in unbroken spiral
Brown sugar,
1
tsp per cup
Whole cloves, 6; or powdered clove,
~
tsp per cup
Boiling water, enough to fill
Butter,
Yi
tsp, optional
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