On December 12 1862 - Sam Clemens had a cold and wrote: "If McCluskey, of the Delta Saloon, could send me a reporter's cobbler—an unusually long one—I think it would relieve my cold."[a cobbler is a cocktail made w port or sherry, lemon juice, sugar & fruit liqueur] The link below takes you to Jerry Thomas's famous 1862 book of cocktails. http://www.archive.org/details/howtomixdrinkso00schugoog Caroline Lawrencewww.westernmysteries.com > Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:25:36 -0500 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Extinct American Cocktails in The Innocents Abroad > To: [log in to unmask] > > At last! Now we are getting to the REAL stuff! =20 > > I found a couple in The Bartender's Standard Manual, by Fred Powell: > > Eyeopener > > 1 jigger light rum > 2 dashes Cr=E8me 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 = > what > they are. But I do have whiskey and gin and ice, so, purely for = > 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 = > a > drink mentioned in one of the texts that we all tried. It may have been = > an > Earthquake, or maybe another. I will check with her--we may have another = > one > to try. For scholarly purposes, of course. I also have a really old bar = > 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 = > are=3D > looking for recipes for cocktails that Mark Twain and "the boys" demand = > fr=3D > 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 = > la=3D > st order .... > > The General followed him up and gained a complete victory. The = > uneducated f=3D > oreigner could not even furnish a Santa Cruz Punch, and Eye-Opener, a = > Stone=3D > -Fence, or an Earthquake. > > -- > So we need authentic 19th century recipes for the following, and we = > don't s=3D > 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