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Buttered Rum

Wood-burning stove heating a grocery store in Detroit (1922)
Wood-burning stove heating a grocery store in Detroit (1922)
  • Use tumbler
  • One lump sugar
  • Dissolve in hot water
  • One-third rum
  • Two-thirds hot water
  • Butter the size of a walnut
  • Grate a little nutmeg on top
The Cocktail Book: A Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen by Frederic Lawrence Knowles, 1902