Description
For Impish, Elfish, Mad, Capricious, Fairy Whims
Absinthe Frappe
Scrape ice fine as snow. Place in flat wine-glass, and cover with a pony of Absinthe; serve with short straw and suck slowly as ice melts.
Peach and Honey
Over a tablespoonful of raw honey, pour a wineglass of Peach brandy. Stir thoroughly and sip slowly.
Bishop
In a large glass pour one wine-glass of water in which a teaspoonful of powdered sugar has been dissolved. Add two thin slices of lemon, two dashes of Jamaica rum and a few small lumps of ice. Fill the glass with Claret or red Burgundy, shake well and remove ice before serving.
Brandy Fizz
Mix in a glass a teaspoonful of powdered sugar, three dashes of lemon juice, and a small lump of ice. Pour in a wine-glass full of brandy. Fill up the glass with seltzer water, stir thoroughly and serve while effervescent.
Brandy Smash
Press three or four sprigs of tender mint into the bottom of a glass in which some sugared water has been placed. Add a wine-glass full of brandy and fill the glass two-thirds full of shaved ice. Stir thoroughly and ornament with half a slice of orange, and a few fresh sprigs of mint. Serve with a straw.
English Bishop
Roast an orange which has been stuck well with cloves over a fire, and when sufficiently brown, cut it into quarters and pour over it a bottle of heated Port wine. Add a spoonful of honey and let the mixture simmer over the fire for twenty minutes. Then serve piping hot.
Silver Fizz
In a container place one portion of dry gin, the white of an egg, two teaspoonfuls of powdered sugar, three dashes, of lemon juice. Fill with ice and shake thoroughly to combine the ingredients. Serve in a tumbler with seltzer water.
Ramos Fizz
Pour in a shaker, one portion of dry gin, juice of half a lemon, white of one egg, one teaspoonful of powdered sugar, a few dashes of orange bitters. Fill with ice and mix thoroughly to combine the ingredients. Serve in a tumbler with soda water.
Fancy Whiskey Cocktail
Place in shaker one pony Rye whiskey, add two dashes Maraschino, two dashes bitters, one dash orange bitters and fill with ice until very cold. Shake and strain into small whiskey glass.
Carlton Brandy Cocktail
In a shaker place a pony of brandy, add three dashes of Maraschino and two dashes of bitters. Fill with ice and shake. Pour into cocktail glass which has been prepared by moistening its rim with a slice of lemon dipped in powdered sugar.
Locomotive
In a mug thoroughly beat together the yolk of a raw egg, a tablespoonful of honey and three dashes of Curacoa. Heat a claret glass of red Burgandy in a thoroughly clean sauce-pan until it boils, and then pour it gradually upon the other ingredients, whisking and stirring the ingredients all the while in order to prevent curdling. Serve hot.
Sazarac Cocktail
To one portion of whiskey, add three or four dashes of Absinthe, one tablespoonful of plain syrup, three dashes of bitters. Ice, shake well and serve in whiskey glass, garnished with a sprig of mint which has been bruised between the thumb and forefinger.
Cuban Bacardi
In container pour one wine-glass of Bacardi rum, add white of one egg, large tablespoonful of pineapple juice, same amount of orange juice. Fill shaker three-quarters full of cracked ice, shake rapidly a few times and serve.
Champagne Cup
Into a pitcher place a quart of Champagne, two ponies of brandy, two teaspoonfuls of powdered sugar, a wine-glass of Sherry, and a dash of Curacoa and Maraschino. Add pieces of pineapple, orange, and berries in season. Garnish with fresh mint and serve in champagne goblet.
Whiskey Smash
Mix together a teaspoonful of powdered sugar, dissolved in a little water, a wine-glass of whiskey, and put in three or four sprigs of young mint which have been bruised between the thumb and forefinger.
