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SUMMER BEVERAGES FOR
EVENING PARTIES.
{See also some Temperance Drinks, page 123.)
Cherry Brandy Squash.
Put into a large tumbler one wineglass of
sportsman's cherry brandy and a good lump of
ice, fill three parts full with soda-water; orna
ment with slices of lemon, brandy cherries, and
a few white heart cherries; dash with Angostura.
Serve with a straw.
Cherry Drink.
{See also pages ii6 and 125.)
Take any quantity of cherries free from stalks
and pound them in a mortar, with stones and
kernels , put into a skillet, and to every pint of
pulp add one pint of water; bring to the boil,
then strain through a bag or sieve, and to every
pint of juice put one pound of loaf sugar,
broken small; boil for five minutes, let it stand
until cold, then bottle. For a drink i to a wine
glass of this compound add an equal quantitv
of water.
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