This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX THE DAYLIGHT DRINK "Something too much of this." u A nipping and an eager air." Evil effects of dram-drinking--The "Gin-crawl"--Abstinence in H.M. service--City manners and customs--Useless to argue with the soaker--Cocktails--Pet names for drams-- The free lunch system--Fancy mixtures--Why ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX THE DAYLIGHT DRINK "Something too much of this." u A nipping and an eager air." Evil effects of dram-drinking--The "Gin-crawl"--Abstinence in H.M. service--City manners and customs--Useless to argue with the soaker--Cocktails--Pet names for drams-- The free lunch system--Fancy mixtures--Why no Cassis? --Good advice like water on a duck's back. Whilst holding the same opinion as the epicure who declared that good eating required good drinking, there is no question but that there should be a limit to both. There is, as Shakespeare told us, a tide in the affairs of man, so why should there not be in this particular affair? Why should it be only ebb tide during the few hours that the man is wrapped in the arms of a Bacchanalian Morpheus, either in bed or in custody? The abuse of good liquor is surely as criminal a folly as the abstention therefrom; and the man who mixes his liquors injudiciously lacks that refinement of taste and understanding which is necessary for the appreciation of a good deal of this book, or indeed of any other useful volume. Our grandfathers swore terribly, and drank deep; but their fun did not commence until after dinner. And they drank, for the most part, the best of ale, and such port wine as is not to be had in these days of free trade (which is only an euphemism for adulteration) and motor cars. Although mine own teeth are, periodically, set on edge by the juice of the grape consumed by an ancestor or two; although the gout within me is an heritage from the three-, aye! and four-, bottle era, I respect mine ancestors, in that they knew not "gin and bitters." The baleful habit of alcoholising the inner sinner between meal times, the pernicious habit of dramdrinking, or "nipping," from early morn till...
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Add this copy of Cakes & Ale: a Memory of Many Meals, the Whole to cart. $57.63, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Nabu Press.
