Burra-Pegs in India means big pegs possibly meaning doubles. - - - Paul P. Reuben http://web.csustan.edu/english/reuben/home.htm -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum on behalf of Ian Strathcarron Sent: Thu 2/16/2012 9:57 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Extinct American Cocktails in The Innocents Abroad To jump ahead to 1896...he was enjoying Burra-Pegs in Indian clubs, referred to simply as 'pegs'. A peg in a private house in colonial India was whisky and soda, mixed to suit; in a club it became a Burra-Peg, cognac and champagne, at about 25:75, added to a sugar cube - with or without bitters. At 7,000 feet in the Himalayas they clearly had a jolly effect on him: http://web.me.com/strathcarron/TwainTraveler/Blog/Entries/2011/6/28_Entry_1.html Ian Strathcarron On 17 Feb 2012, at 02:48, Harris, Susan Kumin wrote: > 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 hom= > e right now--if I was I'd delve into my grandmother's late 19th-c British c= > ookbook, which has recipes for everything, including drinks (not to speak o= > f a section on "Colonial Cookery" and how Englishwomen can keep their sanit= > y in the colonies...). Even my mother's 1930s cookbook (subtitled "The wa= > y to a Man's Heart") had recipes for cocktails. So I suggest you are looki= > ng 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 no= > n-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, w= > e shouldn't feel obliged to engage a linear process of reading. If one cha= > pter bores you, move on. But I haven't really asked people directly how th= > ey engage the text. I think it's a really interesting question. =20 > > And for me, the best thing about the Autobio is its online edition, b/c it'= > s searchable. Best, --s =20 > > Susan K. Harris > > Hall Professor of American Literature > > University of Kansas > > Author of God's Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902 > > ________________________________________ > From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Robert E Stewart [RS= > [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 > '=3D > em pull Anderson Fredericks's "100 Cocktails : How to Make Them and What > to=3D > Eat with Them," from 1931. It lists "The Eye Opener" with these ingredien= > =3D > 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 > =3D > 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=3D > 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! =3D3D20 > > I found a couple in The Bartender's Standard Manual, by Fred Powell: > > Eyeopener > > 1 jigger light rum > 2 dashes Cr=3D3DE8me 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 =3D3= > D > what > they are. But I do have whiskey and gin and ice, so, purely for =3D3D > 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 = > =3D3D > a > drink mentioned in one of the texts that we all tried. It may have been = > =3D3D > an > Earthquake, or maybe another. I will check with her--we may have another = > =3D > =3D3D > one > to try. For scholarly purposes, of course. I also have a really old bar = > =3D3D > 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 = > =3D3D > are=3D3D3D > looking for recipes for cocktails that Mark Twain and "the boys" demand = > =3D > =3D3D > fr=3D3D3D > 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 > =3D3D > la=3D3D3D > st order .... > > The General followed him up and gained a complete victory. The =3D3D > uneducated f=3D3D3D > oreigner could not even furnish a Santa Cruz Punch, and Eye-Opener, a =3D= > 3D > Stone=3D3D3D > -Fence, or an Earthquake. > > -- > So we need authentic 19th century recipes for the following, and we =3D3D > don't s=3D3D3D > 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=3D=