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

________________________________________
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=