Oyster Cocktail

Colchester Pyefleet Oysters, 1916
Colchester Pyefleet Oysters, 1916
  • A few dashes lemon juice
  • One dash tabasco sauce
  • Teaspoonful vinegar
  • A few dashes tomato catsup
  • Six Blue Point oysters
  • Pepper and salt to taste

A few dashes lemon juice in a tumbler, add a dash of tabasco sauce, a teaspoonful of vinegar, a few dashes tomato catsup, six Blue Point oysters, with all their liquor; season to taste with pepper and salt. Mix and serve with small fork or spoon in the glass.

The Gorham Cocktail Book, 1905

Locomotive

This is part of an advertisement for Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works, 1894
This is part of an advertisement for Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works, 1894
  • Put two yolks of eggs into a goblet, with an
  • Ounce of honey
  • A little essence of cloves, and a
  • Liqueur glass of Curaçao
  • Add a pint of high Burgundy made hot
  • Whisk well together and serve hot in glasses
American & Other Drinks by Leo Engel, 1878

Mahoney Cocktail

Use mixing glass full of shaved ice.
Add

  • One-half jigger of Nicholson gin
  • One-half jigger French Vermouth and
  • Dash orange bitters

Shake well. Pour into cocktail glass and squeeze orange peel on top.

The Hoffman House Bartenders Guide by Charles S. Mahoney, 1912

High Ball

  • 1 lump of ice in small punch glass

Ask customer what kind of whiskey he wants; hand him the bottle and allow him to help himself. Then fill the glass with carbonated water.

New Bartender’s Guide, I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1914

Jersey Cocktail

  • One-half tablespoonful fine sugar
  • Two dashes Boker’s bitters
  • One piece lemon peel
  • Cider to fill glass

Put one lump of ice in thin cider-glass. Add one-half tablespoonful fine sugar, two dashes Boker’s bitters, one piece lemon peel. Fill up with cold cider. Stir well, and drink while effervescent.

The Gorham Cocktail Book, 1905