Post #131739 by thejab on Sat, Dec 18, 2004 10:51 AM

In response to Mai Tai's post (who happens to hail from the same town as me, which makes me think who it might be, but I'm not sure - did you move fairly recently?), here's a beer flip recipe from the great Esquire Drink Book from 1956. No hot poker needed!

Put 3 bottles of beer in a saucepan (not the bottles dummy, empty them into the pan!). Add a tablespoonfull of sugar, the rind of half a lemon cut up into small pieces, a clove, a half-teaspoonful of butter, & a pinch of mace. In a seperate container, beat up two egg yolks with one egg white and three tablespoons of cold beer. Now bring the first mixture to a boil, then add the eggs and beat the whole with an egg beater until it is smooth and foamy. Serve it while hot.

A flip is also a cocktail made of the following: a whole egg and some sugar, with sherry, applejack, or whiskey. Blend with cracked ice and serve in a sour glass with a spice garnish.