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GLOSSARIAL
cal or sinister sense either has come later to assume, each
then meant simply a natural output of a female of the
chicken species, and in fair condition. A "Nutmeg" was,
and still is, the aromatic kernel of the fruit of a tree of
the
Myristica
family.
"Cock's Comb" as used, meant literally what it says,
however incredible to those who think only of a cow or a
goat when they return
to
the barnyard for something
to
drink. As an elective concomitant, if not an ingredient, of
the Chanticleer cocktajl, a <:;ock's Comb was a ruddy, ser–
rated, distinctive capital dec0.ration peculiar
to
the mascu–
line chicken. It was pickled or bottled as a sweetmeat in
France, often .with ot'her elemental components of de–
parted roosters, particularly what are known
to
high-class
grocers and certain gourmets as
"Fftu!ncieres."
The Cock's
Comb and the
Financiere
are still reputed among the ultra–
sophisticated
to
possess virtues akin to those of certain
simian appropriations recommended by a , distinguished
Slavic surgeon. Indeed, the manager of one well-known
mart for rare comestibles and delicacies stoutly maintained
to the writer that the combination is in great and growing
demand.
"Ginger ale" is now perhaps even better known than in
pre-prohibition days, so it should be unnecessary
to
define
it, except so far as
to
say that "imported?' ginger ale used
to mean that the product had been manufactured in some
other country than the United States.
An
"orange," of
course, signified about what it does today, though "orange
peel" used
to
mean a good deal more, as in the compen–
dium there will be found numerous concoctions in which it
was used for flavoring purposes. "Mint," a pungent herb
~ommonly
found
in
kitchen gardens, has long
filled
a noble