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MY NEW COCKTAI L BOOK
EGG NOGG
2 man's sized portions
(Jim Deever)
Brandy
1 pint good rich Milk
2 very fresh Eggs
2 heaping tablespoonfuls
Horlick's Malted Milk
I cocktail glassful
Grenadine
Work the malted milk into a creamy substance by mixing
it with a little milk and add the other ingredients, shake
well in a cocktail shaker and serve in a large glass. This
is an excellent drink to take about eleven o'clock on
those mornings when you have not felt equal to break
fast, such as the morning of the 28th of December, any
year.
THE REAL GEORGIA (Use large bar-glass)
MINT JULEP
3/4 wineglass Cognac Brandy
3/4 wineglass Peach Brandy
tablespoonful white pow
dered Sugar
about 12 sprigs of the
tender shoots of Mint
Put the Mint in the tumbler, add the Sugar, having pre
viously dissolved it in a little water; then the Brandy, and
lastly, fill up glass with shaved ice. Stir with a spoon but
do not crush the Mint.
This is the method of concocting a Southern Mint Julep,
but Whiskey may be substituted for Brandy if preferred.
A Georgia paper, recently speaking on this subject, says;
"Probably the old-fashioned Julep is in its decadence as a
public drink, but it does not follow that the art of constructing
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