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PRE-WAR MIXED DRINKS
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Four or five drops Lemon Juice
One piece Lemon Peel; Ice (spoon)
SMASHES
SMASH:
To flatten; in tennis, to bat, etc.; in slang a smash is some–
thing of extraordinary ability. Somewhere in these lies the origin of
the term as "a beverage of spirituous liquors, with mint, water, sugar
and ice."
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BRANDY
WHISKEY
Two sprigs Mint
Two spoons Water
One-quarter spobn Sugar
Muddle in fizz glass
One
jigge~
Brandy
Two lumps Ice; serve with small
spoon
Three sprigs of Mint
Fill mixing glass with fine Ice
Two more sprigs of Mint
One-quarter spoon Sugar
One-half pony of Water
Press well; add one jigger Whiskey
Stir; strain; fruit well; Mint on top
SOURS
SouR: A good old Anglo-Saxon word, and
it
started as
surigan,
was shortened to
sur,
and finally in its more modern version became the
name of an alcoholic drink because of the taste of the lemon or lime
that is an essential.
BRANDY
Juice one-half Lemon (star glass)
One-half spoon Sugar