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Champagne Cocktail

A historical recipe from The Flowing Bowl A Treatise on Drinks of All Kinds and of All Periods, Interspersed with Sundry Anecdotes and Reminiscen, by Edward Spencer (1903).

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A historical recipe

The Flowing Bowl A Treatise on Drinks of All Kinds and of All Periods, Interspersed with Sundry Anecdotes and Reminiscences, by Edward Spencer (1903). Project Gutenberg eBook #57179.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. One teaspoonful of sugar
  2. a slice of pine-apple

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. One teaspoonful of sugar, ten drops of Angostura bitters, a slice of pine-apple, and a small shred of lemon-peel.
  2. Fill up with champagne, mix, and strain.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Sieve
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The Flowing Bowl A Treatise on Drinks of All Kinds and of All Periods, Interspersed with Sundry Anecdotes and Reminiscen, by Edward Spencer (1903). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #57179 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57179). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.