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FANCY DRINKS
The BonVivant's Companion
Milk Shake
Yi jigger raspberry syrup
2 lumps of ice
Fill glass with milk. Shake, strain, and serve.
Mississippi Punch
Use large bar glass
1 tablespoonful of sugar
Enough water to dissolve sugar
3 or 4 dashes of lemon juice
2 dashes of Angostura bitters
|/2 wineglass of Jamaica rum
Yz wineglass of Bourbon whiskey
Yi wineglass of brandy
Mix well, fill up with ice, trim with fruit,
serve with straw.
Nectar Punch
Infuse the peel of fifteen lemons in a pint and a half of rum for
forty-eight hours; add two quarts of cold water with three pints
of rum, exclusive of the pint and a half; also the juice of the
lemons, with two quarts of boilinghot milk, and one grated nut
meg; pour the milk on the above, and let it stand twenty-four
hours, covered close; add two pounds and a half of loaf sugar;
then strain it through a flannel bag till quite fine, and bottle it for
use. It is fit for use as soon as bottled.
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