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THE EXOTIC DRINKING BOOK
taste due to the herbs and simples in the vermouth. Take
Yz
jigger
French dry vermouth and the same of
creme de cassis.
Put in a couple
of lumps of ice and
fill
the glass with club soda or seltzer. Serve in a
tall
thin
glass and only fill
%
full, please.
THE HABANA
PRES/DENTE,
now
KNOWN
to
MANY,
but SouND
ENOUGH
in ITs
OWN
RIGHT
for
LISTING
in any
SPIRITUAL
VoLUME
This has long been one of Cuba's favourite drinks and every visit–
ing Americana should go to La Florida and get one from head–
quarters. The mix is simple and satisfying.... Just put
I
pony each
of Bacardi Gold Seal, and dry French vermouth, into a bar glass with
cracked ice. Donate
1
tsp grenadine and the same of curas;ao. Stir and
serve in a Manhattan glass with a scarlet cherry for
g~rnish.
Finally
twist a curl of yellow orange peel over the top so that the oil strikes
the surface of the drink, then drop the peel in.... Sloppy Joe's own
Special is merely the
Presidente
with the juice of a small lime added,
and the twist of lime peel handled as above.
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RITUAL of the PUNCH BOWL
This inheritance from the Orient and Europe-and especially from
old England-is probably interwoven with more tradition than any
other form of drinking. From those grand days when landlords really
did fill the flowing bowl, before and after riding to hounds, on feast
and saints' days, or holy days; at weddings, births, yes and even death
-the cheering and soothing bowl was all part of the affair.
Oddly the word itself is another Oriental derivation like "toddy,"
and comes from the Hindustani
panch,
meaning five, and indicating
the number of ingredients employed by the wily Hindu: Toddy or
arrack, lemon or lime, tea, sugar and water.
Anglicized, it is literally any drink made of rum, whisky, brandy,
wine or other liquor, in combination with water, fruit juice, and sugar
-or of fruit juices and the rest without any spirits at all-and properly
served, either very hot or well iced, from a larger or smaller bowl, into
cups or glasses.