Post #231626 by finkdaddy on Thu, May 11, 2006 6:48 PM

I found some really neat recipes in a book written by Tom Bullock, who I guess bar-tended at the St. Louis Country Club in the late 1800's/early 1900's. Here are a few I thought you might find interesting:

Bamboo Cocktail:
Fill large bar glass 1/3 full of fine ice
add 3/4 jigger sherry wine
3/4 jigger Italian vermouth
strain into a cocktail glass

Bacardi Cocktail:
fill barglass with lump ice, add
1/2 jigger Crusiner Grenadine
1 jigger Bacardi rum
strain into a cocktail glass

Curacoa Punch:
fill barglass 3/4 full with shaved ice, add
2 tsp bar sugar
4 dashes lemon
1 pony Red Curacoa
1 jigger brandy
1/2 pony Jamaica Rum
decorate with fruit and straws

Mint Julep:
use a large silver mug, add
1 lump sugar in 1/2 pony water
fill with fine ice
2 jiggers Old Bourbon Whiskey
stir well
add 1 boquet of fresh mint, being carefull not to bruise the mint!

Bombay Cocktail (I don't know what they were thinking on this one):
in a claret glass add
1/2 pony olive oil
1/2 pony vinegar
1/2 pony Worcestershire sauce
drop 1 ice cold egg into glass
top with salt and spanish paprika

Diarrhea Draught (gotta love the name!):
in a whiskey glass add
1/2 jigger Blackberry brandy
1/2 pony peach brandy
2 dashes Jamaica Ginger
top with grated nutmeg

Notice the spelling of Curacoa. I copied everything the way it was written in the book. There were tons more and lots of old photos and advertisements. I'll post some pics this weekend.