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SUMMER DRINKS
Rochester.
Put into a bowl two bottles of sparkling
Catawba, two bottles of sparkling Isabella, and
one bottle of Sauterne; mix well, then add two
wineglasses of maraschino and two wineglasses
of cura9oa; ice well, and add some straw
berries, or a few drops of extract of peach or
vanilla.
Tennis.
Put into a bowl four tablespoonfuls of sifted
sugar, the rind of one lemon and juice of two,
one wineglass of brandy, one wineglass of
ginger syrup, a small piece of cucumber-peel;
add two bottles of soda-water, one sprig of
borage, and two sprigs of verbena. Ice well;
serve in small glasses.
FANCY DRINKS,
Of fancy drinks there is an almost infinite variety. The
following list, however, will be found to contain most of
the best known recipes, together with the simplest and
most satisfactory methods of preparing the same.
Absinthe.
Put" one wineglass of absinthe into a small
tumbler, and fill the glass, drop by drop, with
water. Never use a spoon.