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OLD WALDORF BAR BOOK-AMENDMENTS
by 1788 that John Hunter, a British army physician, after
a careful observation of its effects, acquitted Jamaica Rum
of any complicity in the ills that befell British soldiers sta–
tioned there; in substance, Hunter declared it had no stain
on its character, and that it could be drunk with absolute
impunity. Thereupon the British navy adopted it as its
own. Still, certain British lexicographers maintain that
"Rum" is an American word, coined generations before
the British acquired the habit of abbreviation, from the
good old Devonshire "Rumbullion."
It is to Mr. T. G. S. Hooke, for many years assistant
manager of the old Hotel Belmont, in New York, but
for some years past general manager of the Myrtlebank
Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, and the Tichfield, in Port
Antonio, that I am indebted for the following collection
of the best cocktails and other local concoctions in which
the most-famed product of Jamaica finds favor among
visitors from northern latitudes.
COCKTAILS
Note: Ingredients should be added in order named. Shake except
where stirring
is
specified. Cocktails should usually be strained.
CHINESE
Fill
bar glass half full of
Ice
One or two dashes Angostura
Three dashes Maraschino
Three dashes Cura910
Three dashes Grenadine
Half glass Jamaica Rum (Stir)
Add Cherry; squeeze Lemon
Peel on top