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THE GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION
sweetness of the sweet oranges. It will only take a few trials to learn
what suits personal taste-and here's to you lucky Floridians. No one
sells sour oranges, they give them away, for not one person in a thou–
sand thinks they are worth picking off trees.
Old Tom gin, r part; (Dry gin
will do)
Sour orange juice,
r
part
Sweet orange juice,
2
parts
Shake quickly and hard with lots of ice, pour through strainer, and
twist a small piece of sour or sweet orange peel over each glass to get
the oil of orange aroma and flavour.
PAN AMERICAN CLIPPER, from the NOTEBOOK of ONE of OuR
PILoT FRIENDS WHo-when OFF DuTY-MAY SEEK ONE
Applejack, r jigger;
Calvados
apple brandy is better still
Absinthe, r dash
Lime, juice, r scant pony
Grenadine,
I
tsp
Shake with cracked ice and serve in Manhattan glass.
PANCHO VILLA COCKTAIL, another CLASSIC from the PHILIP–
PINES that WE ABsoRBED in 1926, for the FmsT TIME
The late Filipino gentleman of this name was probably the greatest
man for his inches that ever drew on a pair of fighting gloves. In
Manila he is still a national hero, his monument is impressive, and
when Monk Antrim's Chino Number One whipped this one up in
his honour, it proved more than good enough for us to insert here.
Carta de Oro
Bacardi,
1
pony
Dry apricot brandy,
1
pony
Pineapple juice, r tsp
Dry gin,
1
pony
Ch~rry
brandy,
I
tsp
Stuffed olive
This is a sweet one and must be very cold. Fill shaker with fine ice
and pour into a big champagne glass.
It
is one of the very few cocktails
calling for several conflicting ingredients that is worth its own weight
in bicarbonate of soda.
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