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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY

DECEMBER 19, 1936.

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THE

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SHOP

AND PARTY DRINKS

THE success of any party de-

pends largely on the choice

of drinks, and this is more than ever true of Christmas festivities.

A good cocktali before dinner and an amusing "night-eap" Inter on, or If our party is a gay and informal late affair, something really ip- triguing as a long drink will put everybody in the right mood,

Here are a few suggestions for drinks, long and short. We need to remember these rules: let the cold. drinks be icy and the hot enes piping. and no economising with ingredients for-yes, it must be

be said "Christmas comes but once....

COCKTAILS

Mandarin

A very simple affair, this, but with a very subtle favour, made with half Danish akvavit and half tangerine juice, strained. Add ler and shake until there is quite a froth on top. Christmas Bronx

Hall gin and the other half mixture of strained orange juice and peach brandy in equal proportions. lee, and shake well,"

Champagne Swizzle

IS

This can be served either cocktail or as an evening long drink. Put into each champagne glass a

coffee-spoonful of soft sugar, a good

Вест

dash of orange bitters, and a tea- but I have found that rosemary gives This should make a good drink for spoonful of brandy. Add a slice of a most refreshing and slightly gingery about eight or ten people. orange and a good lump of ice and flavour.

up with already cold champagne, Cover the jug and let it stand on Brittany Punch I sccured this recipe from the bar- ice for at least one hour. Now add man at Chiberta, who is famous for the wine, previously iced, and just into which you have stuck

Have half a dozen baked apples before serving splash in some iced cloves before cooking, and put them

his champagne cocktails.

CUPS OF ALL

KINDS

Without giving a precise reelpe, I ahould like to remind you of one or two principles which make all the

Boda-water.

Before pouring out, see that cup is sweetened to your taste.

HOT PUNCHES

difference to the concoction of a good Witching Punch

cup,

Zew

the while a hot in a punch bowl.

Sprinkle with soft sugar and add a tumblerful of boiling water.

Stir well for a few minutes and add six port glasses full of Calvados (Apple Jack).

Squeeze the juices of an orange

Stir again, and add sufficient boll- ing water to make a drink for twelve prople.

Rum Punch

Whether we are using cider, white wine, or champagne, we should al- and a lemon Into a punch bowl. Cut ways start in the same way:

up the fruits in small pieces, remov- Cut one orange and one lemon First put the fruits-orange, lemon, coffee-spoonful of powdered ein- bowl with a handful of rosemary Ing the pips, and add these, also a into slices. Put these in a punch pineapple, in slices--in a large jug. naman. Add a little brandy, a sweet liqueur, and whatever herbs are available; ful of orange curacao and one quite half a pint of Jamaica rum.

Add about a quarter of a tumbler- also sugar, or, better still, a few sticks full of rum and brandy In of barley sugar.

equal

leaves

pulled off the stalk. Sprinkle with soft sugar and add

Stir in enough boiling water to proportions.

make a drink for six to eight people, At this time of the year the choice, Pour in two pints of boiling water, seeing that it is sweet enough before of herbs is rather a difficult one, add sugar to inste, and stir well. serving.

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