Vintage Cocktails



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One of the few consolations of being a grownup at Christmastime is that--while you have to buy your own toys--you at least are in your rights to have a fancy drink or two. Cocktails are an art form, and there's something charming about the old ones. Even if you don't drink, it's fun to imagine what drinks characters have as their favorites, from Tseng's Amaretto Sours to Flik's favorite mulled wine.


These pages are from llamajoy's Pop-pop's copy of The Joy of Cooking, circa 1962. The manners and style of the times are entertaining even if you don't intend to make one recipe. But if you do want one for the season, try the wassail on the last page. Any baked apple recipe will suffice to replace the one mentioned (found on the not-scanned page 112), but for the completionists, I've included it below. You'll need to multiply it to get the 12 called for in the (massive) wassail recipe.


BAKED APPLES

Preheat oven to 375.
Wash, remove core to 1/2 inch of stem end, then cut a strip of peel from one of the hollowed ends of:
Four large tart apples
Combine:
1/4 cup sugar or brown sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon*
If the apples are bland, add:
1/8 teaspoon grated lemon rind
Fill the centers with this. Dot the tops with:
Butter
Put in an 8x8-inch pan with:
3/4 cup boiling water
2 tablespoons sugar*
Cover and bake forty to sixty minutes-- or until tender but not mushy. Top the core holes with a:
Marshmallow*
After removing from the heat, baste the apples several times with pan juices. Serve hot or chilled.


* Optional in the original recipe, but probably something you'd want to include.
(Except the marshmellows, which I suppose were novel in 1962. Put them in the apples if you must, but if you put any goddamn marshmellows in my wassail I will kick you out of my house.)


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