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The BonVivant's Companion
fancy drinks
FLIPS
Brandy Flip
I teaspoonful of sugar
I fresh egg
I jigger Martell brandy
Yi glass cracked ice
Shake well, strain, grate a little nutmeg on top,
and serve.
Egg Flip
Put a quart of ale in a tinned saucepanon the fire to boil; in the
meantime beat up the yolks of four eggs, with the whites of two,
adding four tablespoonfuls of brown sugar and a little nutmeg;
pour on the aleby degrees, beating up so as to prevent the mixture
from curdling; then pour back and forth repeatedly from vessel
to vessel, raising the hand to as great a height as possible—which
process produces the smoothness and frothing essential to the
good quality of the flip. This is excellent for a cold, and from its
fleecy appearance is sometimes designated "a yard of flannel."
Here^s to a long life and a merry one,
A quick death and an easy one,
A pretty girl and a true one,
A cold bottle and another one.
THE MAN WE LOVE: He who thinks the most good, and speaks the least
ill of his neighbors.
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