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38
CUPS
AND
THEIR
CUSTOMS.
Loving-cup
is
strictly
observed.
The
guests
are
only
supposed
to
take
one
draught
from
it
as
it
passes
;
but,
in
No.
110
of
the
^Quarterly
Review/
a
writer
says^
^^
Yet
it
chanced,
not
long
since
at
the
Temple,
that^
though
the
number
present
fell
short
of
seventy,
thirty-six
quarts
of
the
liquor
were
consumed.^^
Julep,
derived
from
the
Persian
word
Julap
(a
sweet-
ened
draught),
is
a
beverage
spoken
of
by
John
Quincey,
the
physician^
who
died
in
1723,
and
also
mentioned
by
Milton
in
the
lines
"
Behold
this
cordial
Julep
here,
That
foams
and
dances
in
his
crystal
bounds,
With
spirits
of
balm
and
fragrant
syrups
mix'd.*'
This
drink
is
now
made
by
pounding
ice
and
white
sugar
together,
and
adding
to
it
a
wine-glass
of
brandy,
half
a
wine-glass
of
rum,
and
a piece
of
the
outer
rind
of
a
lemon
;
these
ingredients
are
shaken
violently,
and
two
or
three
sprigs
of
fresh
mint
are
stuck
in
the
glass
;
it
is
then
usually
imbibed
through
a
straw,
or
stick
of
maccaroni.
One
of
the
oldest
of
winter
beverages,
and
an
especial
favourite,
both
in
ancient
and
modern
times,
in
our
Uni-
versities,
is
^^Bishop,^^
also
known
on
the
Continent
under
the
somewhat
similar
name
of
Bischof.
This,
according
to
Swift,
is
composed
of
''
Fine
oranges,
Well
roasted,
with
sugar
and
wine
in
a
cup,
They'll
make
a
sweet
Bishop
when
gentlefolks
sup.'^
This
recipe
is
given
verbatim
in
^^
Oxford
Night-caps.^^