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THE GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION
Send this up on the breakfast tray of the tweakiest and most jangled
week-end guest on the casualty list, and watch the smiles wreathe–
and be sure it goes down on an empty tummy for best and most sooth–
ing effect.
Simply mix everything with a lot of cracked ice, shake hard and
serve in a small goblet, floating chartreuse on top with spoon, and
adding a good dusting of grated nutmeg.
THE SO-CALLED PRAIRIE OYSTER
We once had a shipmate who insisted on a morning dip in Long
Island Sound even in November; just so we have other hardy friends
who eat enormous cream oyster stews for mornings after, or toss off
prairie oysters, which seen eye to eye would simply mean one gyra–
tion of our adam's apple and a free ticket to a marble slab in the
morgue.... However, for such hardy souls, we might as well set
down its precise preparation.
Egg yolk, in its unbroken state,
I
Ketchup,
I
tsp
Salt, good pinch
Vinegar,
Yz
tsp
Lemon juice,
1
tsp
Tabasco,
I
drop
Worcestershire,
1
tsp
Cayenne, pinch on top
Shut eyes, open mouth, murmur prayers for the soul, pop in and
swallow whole. . . . This
has
been administered for the evening be–
fore, but its benefits have proven to be base canard, a sorry snare and
delusion.
RANGOON STAR-RUBY, a PICKER-UPPER from BURMAH, on the
RoAD to MANDALA
y
This affair is properly listed among the exotics from Far Ports, on
Page
126.
SAINT MARK'S MIRACLE ANNOTATED
ONE
NoVEMBER DAY in
I
'
SEATTLE, after a WASHINGTON-STANFORD FooTBALL GAME, at the AD-
VERTISING CLUB
This name is of doubtful origin, and all we know is that the receipt
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