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What Shall We Drink?
shaved off, should be placed in the shaker to add a delicate
flavoring.
Shake thoroughly and serve.
Some personslike a bit oflemon rind added in the individ
ual glass, but it reaUy is not necessary. For a single cocktail,
take half the ingredients. For more than two, multiply the
single proportions by as many drinks as you wish to make.
MIXING A GIN COCKTAIL
The gin cocktail is a drmk which men and women alike
find delectable. To make one for two people is a simple
matter,indeed.
Place in the ice treated shaker one cocktail glass of gin
and a half cocktail glass of dry Vermouth. Add "gum" to
suit taste. Then four dashes of orange bitters, or, say, a
teaspoonful. A bit ofthe yeUow rind ofa lemon completesthe
mixture, which should now be thoroughly shaken and chilled.
Serve with an ohve,if you wish,or omit,if preferred.
For a single cocktail use half the ingredients. For more
than two, multiply the single proportions by the number of
drinks you wish to make.
Shakers are obtainable which provide for as much as two
quarts at one shaking,and this eases the burden of preparing
so many.
MIXING A COCKTAIL A LA RITZ
Into a shaker pour two ounces of gin, an ounce of pine
apple juice, an ounce of orange juice and the partly whipped
white of one egg. Shake thoroughly; serve in cocktaU glass.
Some folks vary this by using merely the orange juice or the
pineapple juice alone. Suit your own taste and pleasure.
MIXING AN ORANGEBLOSSOM COCKTAIL
This interesting cocktail can be so simply made thqt it
gives a host or hostess no trouble at all to serve even a crowd.
From the solitary cocktail to the largest quantity you may
need,the mixture is exactly the same.