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The BonVivant's Companion
FANCY DRINKS
Champagne Hock or Chablis Cup
Dissolve 4 or 5 lumps of sugar in ^ pint boiling water with a
little very thin lemon peel; let it stand % hour; add i bottle of
the above wines and a sprig of verbena, a small glass of sherry,
Vz pint of water. Mixwell. Let stand hour, strain, and ice well.
Cider Nectar
I quart of cider
I bottle of soda water
I glass of sherry
I small glass of brandy
Juice of Yz lemon, peel of lemon; sugarand nutmeg to taste;
a sprigof verbena; flavor to taste with extractof pineapple; strain,
and ice it all well. This is a delicious beverage and requires only
to be tasted to be appreciated.
Claret Cup
To a bottle of thin claret add Vz pint of cold water, a table-
spoonful flnely powdered sugar, and a teaspoonful of cinnamon,
cloves, and allspice, finelypowdered, mixed together. Mixall well
together, then add Yz the thin rind of a small lemon. This is a de
licious summer beverage for evening parties.
Here^s to 'woman, 'whose heart and "whose soul
Are the light and life of each spell "we pursue;
Whether sunn'd at the tropics, or chilled at the Pole,
If 'women be there, there is happiness too.
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