Most “cocktails” come under the heading of {151} “Short Drinks,” and will be found duly scheduled, farther on. Here, however, is a long ’un.
Saratoga Cocktail.
Put into a large tumbler twenty drops of pine-apple syrup, twelve of Angostura bitters, twenty of maraschino, and a wine-glass of old brandy; nearly fill the glass with pounded ice, and mix well. Add two or three strawberries and a shred of thin lemon-peel, and top up with champagne.
Arctic Regions.
Large tumbler. Quarter of a pint of milk, wine-glass of sherry, and liqueur-glass of old brandy. Fill up with pounded ice, and sweeten to taste. Shake well, dust with cinnamon, and suck through a straw.
Brandy-and-Soda.
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Pshaw! What am I thinking about? This concoction is also known in America as “Stone Wall” (Why?), and used to be known in Her Majesty’s dominions in Asia as a “Peg”—simply because every dose swallowed was said to represent a peg in the coffin being manufactured for the swallower. It is unnecessary to give any recipe for this mixture, the proportion of the ingredients varying with the inclination, disposition, indisposition, state of health, or pocket, of the swallower. But above all let your ingredients be of the best. There is only one thing worse {152} than bad brandy, and that is bad soda-water. Avoid the cheap stuff with the little glass stoppers, as you would the tipstaff.