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The BonVivant's Companion
cocktails
A ^^Popskull" Cocktail
To a five-gallon keg of Taos Lightning (whiskey), add a one
pound plug of chopped tobacco, two pounds of burnt dried
peaches and 20 charges of gunpowder. Stir the mixture well and
serve in a tin cup.
Royal Smile
% Gordon gin
Ys applejack
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Lime and grenadine to taste.
Saratoga Cocktail
3 dashes pineapple syrup
2 dashes Angostura bitters
% jigger vermouth
Vz jigger Martell brandy
Ys jigger rye whiskey
Fill glass with cracked ice
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Stir and strain into cocktail glass.
There are two reasons for drinking: one is,
when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other,
when you are not thirsty, to prevent it.
Prevention is better than cure.
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Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.
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