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FANCY DRINKS
The Bon Vivant's Companion
Light Guard Punch
For a party of twenty
3 bottles of champagne
I bottle of pale sherry
I bottle of cognac
I bottle of sauterne
I pineapple, sliced
4 lemons, sliced
Sweeten to taste, mix in a large punch bowl, cool with a large
lump of ice, and serve immediately.
May Wine Punch
Use large punch bowl
Two bunches of (Waldmeister) Woodruff, cut in two or three
lengths. Place it in a largeglass, fill up with Martell brandy, cover
it up, and let it stand for two hours until the essence of the Wood
ruff is extracted.
Cover the bottom of the bowl with granulated sugar; pour 5
bottlesof clubsoda over it; cut up 4 oranges in slices, Yi pineapple,
berries, cherries, and grapes.
8 bottles Moselle wine
I bottle champagne
Yz curacao
Yz maraschino
Martell brandy
Then put your Woodruff, brandy, etc., into the three gallons
of excellent May Wine Punch.
Surround the bowl with ice; serve in wineglass in such a man
ner that each glass will get a piece of all the fruits; then fill with
ladle, and serve.
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