Sherry Egg Nogg.
(Use large bar-glass.)
Take 1 ½ tea-spoonful of fine white sugar.
1 fresh egg.
2 or 3 small lumps of ice.
2 wine-glasses of Sherry wine.
Fill the glass with rich milk, shake up until the egg
is thoroughly mixed with the other ingredients. Strain
the mixture into a large goblet, excluding the ice, and
grate a little nutmeg on top.
General Harrison's Egg Nogg.
(Use large bar-glass.)
Take 1 ½ tea-spoonful of sugar.
1 fresh egg.
2 or 3 small lumps of ice.
Fill the tumbler with cider, and shake well.
This is a delicious drink, and was very popular on
the Mississippi river in old times. It is said to have
been General Harrison's favorite beverage.
Baltimore Egg Nogg.
(For a party of ten.)
Take ½ pint of brandy (or Jamaica Rum).
2 wine-glasses of Madeira wine.
6 pints rich milk.
10 eggs.
10 tea-spoonfuls powdered sugar.
2/3 nutmeg, grated.
Beat the yolks of the eggs and the sugar together to
a cream ; add the nutmeg, well mixed in; then add
the brandy (or rum) and the wine. Have the whites
of the eggs ready beaten to a stiff froth, and beat
them into the mixture ; then stir in the milk gradually
beating up the mixture all the while. Place the bowl
in a vessel containing ice, as directed on page 15.