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WITH FRENCH SPIRIT
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SIDE-CAR
One-third Lemon or Lime Juice
COCKTAIL One-third Cointreau
One-third Brandy
The Side-Car is somewhat reminiscent of the Stinger, as
New York knew it before the War, except that the Stinger
had no fruit juice in it, and needed none, having a strong
mint flavor.
In
English fiction dealing with the Malay
States, the characters seem to be forever calling for a drink
of similar name. One can scarcely read a page of W. Som–
erset Maugham's recently published tales without being
tripped up by an order to a menial to ''stengah-up" his
thirsty boss or the latter's guests, who then take time off
to drink. "Undoubtedly," one man {vas heard to say who
had got as near Singapore as Paterson, N. J., "that was
where we got the Stinger."
He was wrong, but not until one turned up a friend who
had a friend just back from Singapore was it established
that "stengah" is Malay for "half." It came to mean a
drink because it seemed the easiest way for a Malay serv–
ant to gather what a Britisher wanted when in need of a
half-size "spot" of his favorite beverage. So that,_when
Mr. Maugham's characters call for stengahs, what they get
are small Scotch-and-Sodas.
The pre-prohibition Stinger was thus composed:
STINGER Two-thirds Brandy
One-third White Creme de Menthe
Frappe, and serve in cocktail glass
In
the Stinger that now comes back to us from France,
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the Brandy and the White Mint mingle in. equal pro-
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portions.
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From Paris too have come since Repeal a number of
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