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THE GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION
CURA<;AO "PONTOON BRIDGE"
We snupped this during the spring of 1933 when circling the Carib–
bean for reasons not pertinent to drink-mixing. After a few hours in
the perfume and other bazaars, we sat on the antique upper balcony
of a little sort of Stranger's Club overlooking the odd steam-donkey–
engine-clriven pontoon bridge connecting Willemstadt with our part
of the city, and a traffic policeman sitting in a high chair under a huge
umbrella advising us of the fact that the only honest shop in the place
was this or that. . . . Having sampled all colours of
Cura~ao
liqueur
until it was virtually oozing from our pores, we still stuck to our guns,
and were treated to the following-which having no name, we called
the Pontoon Bridge.
Fill a large glass with shaved ice, then mix two ponies cognac with
one pony
Cura~ao,
juice half a lime, and a dash of orange bitters.
Pour over ice, and garnish with a stick of really ripe pineapple. Cherry
is optional. We found no cherries in
Cura~ao.
A RAKISH FAMILY of SIXTEEN
POUSSE CAPES,
INCLUDING
a SQUAD of ANGELS WHo NEVER HAD WINGS, BEING VAruous
&
SUNDRY PRETIY LIQUEURS COMBINED in this FASHION or that-for a
PURPOSE
A liqueur, technically, is any alcoholic beverage sweetened and vari–
ously flavoured with aromatic substances: oils, herbs, and so on. . . .
A
pousse
cafe
is an arrangement of one or more liqueurs originally
designed by Gallic progenitors as a "coffee-pusher"-hence the name
-to be drunk with the after dinner cup, but like many other French
ideas started out for one purpose, it has been diverted into other, and
rosier, fields where dalliance may be made more pleasant and profit–
able through quiet absorption of these pretty rainbow-hued drinks.
Now we are great believers in the Up-and-Doing, Derring-Do, and
Go West, Young Man. There's no nonsense back of our inclusion of
this seductive list of jewel coloured drinks here. We include them for
their original purpose of pushing coffee down, and leave criticisms
to the judgment of Jurgen's discreet Tumble-bug.
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