Description
Burned Brandy (Hot)
- Brandy, 1 meas.
- Sugar, 2 lumps
Place sugar in small saucer, pour Brandy over it and set afire; stir while burning; as soon as sugar is entirely melted serve in whiskey glass with spoon.
Buttered Rum (Hot)
- Rum, 1 part
- Butter, size of pea
- Spice, to taste
- Hot Water, to fill
- Sugar Syrup, 1/2 teaspoon
Using a 7 oz. highball glass, stir rum and sugar syrup with hot water; stir in butter; add spice to taste and serve with spoon in glass. An excellent way to serve at home is to have the materials assembled on a tray … the hot water in the kettle on the hearth … permitting each and every one to mix their own.
Christmas Eve Punch
- Rum, 1 quart
- Grenadine, 1/2 pint
- Grape Fruit Juice, 1/2 pint
- Ginger Ale, 4 pints
Stir well in punch bowl with a large lump of ice; garnish with maraschino cherries, sliced orange and lemon. The above will give over 16 seven ounce glasses.
The Night Before Christmas while decorating the Tree and after, this punch adds cheer to the crackling of the fire upon the hearth and the expectations of the morrow.
Egg Nog
- Brandy, 1 quart
- Rum, 6 ozs.
- Curacoa, 4 ozs.
- Eggs, 12
- Sugar, 1 pound
- Milk, 3 quarts
Separate eggs and beat whites and yolks separately; stir sugar into beaten yolks; pour into punch bowl; add Brandy, Rum, Curacoa in order named; stir well; use beaten whites as a float. As garnish, fancy colored granulated sugar may be dusted over surface. Serve in 4 oz. punch glasses. Nutmeg should be provided, on the side, for individual use. The above will give approximately 40 servings.
It is the practice in many places to have a never empty bowl of this punch upon the dining room table New Year’s Day, to welcome those who call.
Grog (Hot)
- Rum, 2 oz. meas.
- Lemon Juice, 1/2 teaspoon
- Sugar Syrup, 1/2 teaspoon
- Hot Water, to fill
Stir materials in 7 oz. glass, add hot water to fill, twist lemon peel over; serve with spoon.
Mulled Wine (Hot)
- Choice of Wines, 1 quart
- Hot Water, to fill
- Lemon Juice, 4 teaspoons
- Sugar Syrup, 8 teaspoons
- Verbena, 1 leaf
Heat wine to boiling point, add all except water, stir thoroughly, pour into 7 oz. glasses equally, fill with hot water and serve with a spoon. The above gives 8 portions.
Noel Champagne Cup
- Powdered Sugar, 1/2 pound
- Champagne, 2 quarts
- Charged Water, 1 quart
- Brandy, 4 ozs.
- Maraschino Syrup, 4 ozs.
- Curacoa, 4 ozs.
Mix well in punch bowl embedded in cracked ice; garnish with sliced fruits in season. The above will give 30 servings in 4 oz. punch cups.
A splendid punch for any occasion between Christmas Eve and Twelfth Night.
Spiced Rum (Hot)
- Rum, 1-1/2 parts
- Sugar Syrup, 1/2 teaspoon
- Allspice, 1/2 teaspoon
- Butter, size of pea
- Hot Water, to fill
Using a highball glass, stir together and add hot water to fill, dusting Allspice over and adding 1/2 slice of lemon; serve with spoon in the glass.
Toddies (Hot)
Using 7 oz. glass dissolve 1 lump of sugar in 1 measure of spirits; fill with hot water; serve with a spoon. All toddies (hot) are made the same way whether Rye, Bourbon or Scotch is used.
Tom And Jerry (Hot)
- Brandy, 4 parts
- Rum, 4 dashes
- Butter, 4 teaspoons
- Hot Milk, to fill
- Nutmeg, to taste
Prepare batter by first separating yolk and white of 1 egg, beating each separately; place them together and stir in powdered sugar until a thick stringy batter is formed; heat 4 small earthen mugs in hot water; add one (1) teaspoon batter to each; stir in Brandy; stirring well, fill with hot milk; add dash of Rum to each; sprinkle with Nutmeg; serve with spoons. This serves 4.
Twelfth Night Punch (Hot)
- Hot Green Tea, 1 pint
- Lemon Juice, 4 teaspoons
- Brandy, 1/2 pint
- Sugar Syrup, 4 teaspoons
- Jamaica Rum, 1/2 pint
- Eggs, 2 whites only
- Curacoa, 4 ozs.
Mix the sugar syrup with the Green Tea; heat Brandy, Rum and Curacoa, mixing together in the order named; add the two mixtures to each other and stir; now add lemon juice; using 7 oz. tumblers fill each; garnish with slice of lemon apiece and the whites of the eggs beaten to a froth. The above will serve 4.
The Twelfth Night after Christmas, that of January 6th, is the end of the Yule-tide. On it, many make it the custom, both here and in Merrie England, to burn the Holley Wreaths and Christmas Greens before mid-night toasting the Spirit of Christmas Past and The Spirit of Christmas-Yet-To-Come.
