1872 Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks (Mixellany)

196 American Cobblers. brandy ; sugar to taste; fill up with pounded ice ; lay 2 slices of orange on top; use straws. No. 2.—2 slices of lemon, 2 slices of pine-apple, 1 glass of brandy, 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar; fill with pounded Lake ice; use straws. Hollands, Gin, or Whisky Smash. —3 sprigs of mint, 1 of verbena, 1 gill of Hollands; tablespoonful of white sugar; fill up with shaven Lake ice ; use straws. Cobbler is very similar to mint julep and smash : it is an American invention, but has become an uni- versal favourite, and is generally made with wine, instead of spirit. Sherry Ditto. —J pint of sherry, 1 oz. of sugar, 3 slices of orange, or a few strawberries or raspberries; if liked, a little powdered cinnamon or grated nut- meg on top; fill up the tumbler with planed ice; use straws. Ditto. —J pint of sherry, J gill of Cura(joa, thin peel of 1 orange, juice of the same, pint of pounded ice; tablespoonful of sugar on top; use straws. Champagne Ditto. —Pieces of orange and lemon peel, J gill citronelle, put in a glass half full of ice; fill up with champagne; use straws. Hock Ditto. —Piece of orange-peel, and the juice of one; sugar; fill up with hock and shaven ice; use straws.