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the flowing bowl
Catawba Cobbler^
so called because Catawba (wbich is a Californian
wine and but little known in this island of ours)
is seldom used in its concoction. Champagne is
an excellent substitute, whilst a cheaper one is
the Italian wine, sparkling Asti.
Dissolve one teaspoonful of sifted sugar in one
tablespoonful ofwater in a tumbler ; add two glasses
of Catawba, or Asti, or champagne, and fill the
tumbler with crushed ice. Shake, ornament with a
slice of orange or pine-apple, and drink through
straws.
Moselle Cobbler.
One glass of sparkling moselle in a large
tumbler, a spot of old brandy, sugar to taste, a slice
of lemon, and filled up with crushed ice.
But there is a sameness in the manufacture
of cobblers, in which almost every known wine
or strong water, may be used, with the other
'^£tedients, ice, sugar, slices of lemon or orange,
and water (not much water) added.
" The secret of making
« Hatfield^'
writes an invaluable authority, "is supposed to
be a secret only known to the manager at The
Oval. We used to drink at the Old Winchester
Music Hall an imitation, composed of two bottles
ofsoda-water toone ginger-beer, aquartern ofOld
Tom and a half-quartern of noyeau, duly iced."
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