OK, guys--and I mean GUYS--it's amazing how male this conversation is--try looking at some 19th-c cookbooks rather than bartender guides. I'm not home right now--if I was I'd delve into my grandmother's late 19th-c British cookbook, which has recipes for everything, including drinks (not to speak of a section on "Colonial Cookery" and how Englishwomen can keep their sanity in the colonies...). Even my mother's 1930s cookbook (subtitled "The way to a Man's Heart") had recipes for cocktails. So I suggest you are looking in the wrong data base.
And Hal, I'm mulling the Autobio question--my sense is that a whole lot of people bought it but not many have made it through. I try to chat about non-linear reading when I'm talking to audiences--the point being that since Twain didn't feel it necessary to follow a chronological line in writing, we shouldn't feel obliged to engage a linear process of reading. If one chapter bores you, move on. But I haven't really asked people directly how they engage the text. I think it's a really interesting question.
And for me, the best thing about the Autobio is its online edition, b/c it's searchable. Best, --s
Susan K. Harris
Hall Professor of American Literature
University of Kansas
Author of God's Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902
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From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Robert E Stewart [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:12 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Extinct American Cocktails in The Innocents Abroad
To throw in a bit of bartender lore, when you juice the lime, try to let
the juice sit for an hour. It develops flavor that it lacks when first
squeezed.
An old Spanish toast: Salud-Pesos-y Tiempo Para Gasparlas--health, wealth,
and time to spend it.
Enjoy
Bob Stewart
long-retired bartender when in grad school
In a message dated 2/16/2012 3:41:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
I was actually in KU's rare books library when I saw Bruce's post. I had
'=
em pull Anderson Fredericks's "100 Cocktails : How to Make Them and What
to=
Eat with Them," from 1931. It lists "The Eye Opener" with these ingredien=
ts:
1 part Gin
1 part Rye Whisky
1 part Bacardi
Juice of 1 Lime
Dash of Grenadine
(Ouch! The version John found sounds more sophisticated.) Hoping to find
=
a few more books if time permits.
Nathaniel Williams
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow
University of Kansas
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From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of John Bird
[birdj1@PE=
OPLEPC.COM]
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 2:25 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Extinct American Cocktails in The Innocents Abroad
At last! Now we are getting to the REAL stuff! =3D20
I found a couple in The Bartender's Standard Manual, by Fred Powell:
Eyeopener
1 jigger light rum
2 dashes Cr=3DE8me de Noyau
2 dashes Curacao
2 dashes Pernod
1 teaspoon powdered sugar
1 egg yolk
[even though it is mid-afternoon here, I mixed one of these, purely for
scholarly purposes, and I can attest that my eyes are indeed wide open]
Earthquake Cocktail
1 jigger whiskey
1 jigger gin
1 jigger Anesone or Abisante
Shake with ice and strain.
[Unfortunately, I have no Anesone or Abisante, and indeed do not know =3D
what
they are. But I do have whiskey and gin and ice, so, purely for =3D
scholarly
purposes, I will now give this one a test and see what the Richter scale
says.]
Stone Fence No. 1
2 jiggers Appplejack
1 or 2 dashes Angostura bitters
Place in tall glass with ice and fill with cider.
[No mention of a Stone Fence No. 2. I suppose #1 will suffice.]
In a graduate Twain seminar a couple of years ago, a student brought in =3D
a
drink mentioned in one of the texts that we all tried. It may have been =3D
an
Earthquake, or maybe another. I will check with her--we may have another =
=3D
one
to try. For scholarly purposes, of course. I also have a really old bar =3D
book
somewhere that may be of help.
John Bird
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michelson,
Bruce F
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 2:31 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Extinct American Cocktails in The Innocents Abroad
Because MT students and scholars sometimes wonder about such things, we =3D
are=3D3D
looking for recipes for cocktails that Mark Twain and "the boys" demand =
=3D
fr=3D3D
om a puzzled Parisian barkeeper early in The Innocents Abroad:
"Give us a brandy smash!"
The Frenchman began to back away, suspicious of the ominous vigor of the =
=3D
la=3D3D
st order ....
The General followed him up and gained a complete victory. The =3D
uneducated f=3D3D
oreigner could not even furnish a Santa Cruz Punch, and Eye-Opener, a =3D
Stone=3D3D
-Fence, or an Earthquake.
--
So we need authentic 19th century recipes for the following, and we =3D
don't s=3D3D
ee them in the cookbooks on the kitchen shelf, or the blogs for Mad Men:
Brandy Smash
Santa Cruz Punch
Eye-Opener
Stone-Fence
Earthquake
Help on any of these mysteries will be appreciated.
Best regards,
Bruce Michelson
University of Illinois=
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