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FANCY DRINKS
The BonVivant's Companion
Brandy Julep
Yz teaspoonful of sugar
Add a little water to dissolve sugar
Four sprigs of mint
I jigger of brandy
I dash of Jamaica rum
Fill glass with ice. Trim with fruits in season.
Champagne Julep
I lump of sugar
I sprig of mint
Fill glass with champagne
Ornament with fruit in season and serve.
Gin Julep
The gin julep is made with the same ingredients as the mint
julep, omitting the fancy fixings.
Toast drunk by dying Englishmen in the Black Hole of Calcutta:
Stand to your glasses steady,
And drink to your comradeY eyes;
Here's a cup to the dead already
And here's to the next that dies.
home: The father's kingdom; the child's paradise;
The mother's world.
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