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PREFACE
The drinks in this book are to be mixed, for
the most part, with the ordinary items you have
in your pantry or kitchen cupboard, and Gin
or Whisky. The primary purpose therefore,
is to make good drinks with today's ingredients.
We have found it advisable to include a
few old favorite drinks which call for a more
elaborate cellar (or kitchen cabinet) but these
are very few, and are included only because of
popular appeal.
With lemons or limes, oranges, pineapple
(canned preferably), grapefruit or canned
cherries, a host of palatable and inviting drinks
can be concocted.
The size of the glasses in which the drinks
are best served is suggested at the top of each
recipe.
It might be well to state here that the cock
tail is an American and not a European drink,
having been first concocted in this country.