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THE EXOTIC DRINKING BOOK
Strain lemon juice carefully through
2
cloths. Boil sugar and water
for
2
minutes, strain and cool. Add gin and bitters. Bottle, placing the
peel of
2
lemons in each bottle. Store in a cool spot, not too cold, to
age. Serve chilled and under no condition add any ice. This will make
around 4 to 5 bottles of
Lintik
Cocktails.
ALFRED BARTON'S SURF CLUB
MANGAREVA
COCKTAIL
If
there is an exotic spot on our whole Atlantic Seaboard it is the
Miami Beach Surf Club, and Alfred Barton is its guiding genius. His
gala nights, incredible affairs, make Hollywood fetes look like modest
Quaker meetings. He imports whole circuses, ferris wheels, elephants,
clowns and God alone knows what else
if
he wants a circus; a mid–
way, sideshows, appropriate murals. This
Mangareva
is Barton's
chef
d'oeuvre,
along with his staff brain trust, when recently seeking a
really unusual drink. Honey has long been a French admiration in
certain intimate drinks.
Calvados-or
Normandy apple brandy-and
honey would be best, but
if
not possible rn;e the corresponding apple–
jack and honey available in the open market.
First the container: this being a coconut shell sawed off at the top
to a
2Yz"
opening, and the kernel taken out. Clean up the outside
with sandpaper or steel wool. Mount this
in
a ring of fresh pineapple
and garnish with galax leaves, and serve with brightly coloured cello–
phane straws.... Now the mix: turn r part
triple sec,
2
parts strained
lime or lemon juice, and 5 parts apple and honey into a bar glass. Mix
well and allow 3 oz to each coconut shell. Now
fill
with finely cracked
ice, stir once, close the opening with Pineapple Paradise,
et voila!
Even the cleverest guests cannot guess its formula; furthermore it
speaks softly but packs a Big Stick.
WORDS to the LIQUID WISE No. XI, on the EXCELLENCE
&
DIVERSION of PACKING a COCKTAIL GLASS with SHAVED
ICE, ADDING HALF a TEASPOON of STRAINED LIME
JUICE, then FILLING with OUR FAVOURITE LIQUEUR
Just try this some day when the taste flags, when ideas run dry or
bar shelf is bare of the usual high proof spirits. . . . Try it with