Rumfustian

The hunting field with horse and hound in America, the British Isles and France. 1910
The hunting field with horse and hound in America, the British Isles and France. 1910

This is the singular name bestowed upon a drink very much in vogue with English sportsmen, after their return from a day’s shooting, and is concocted thus:

  • The yolks of a dozen eggs are well whisked up, and
  • Put into a quart of strong beer
  • To this is added a pint of gin
  • A bottle of sherry is put into a saucepan, with a
  • Stick of cinnamon
  • A nutmeg grated
  • A dozen large lumps of sugar, and the
  • Rind of a lemon peeled very thin
  • When the wine boils, it is poured upon the gin and beer, and the whole drunk hot
How to Mix Drinks or The Bon-Vivant’s Companion by Jerry Thomas (Formerly principal Bar-tender at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and the Planter’s House, St. Louis), 1862