Just Cocktails


by W.C. Whitfield; decorations by Tad Shell
The Three Mountaineers, Inc., Asheville, North Carolina, 1939

Martini
1/2 Tom gin
1/2 Italian vermouth
1 dash orange bitters
Serve with green olive

French Martini
5/6 gin
1/6 French vermouth
Twist of lemon peel on top, serve with a green olive

Dry Martini
2/3 gin
1/3 French vermouth
1 drop bitters
Twist of lemon peel on top, serve with a green olive

Martinez recipe from the "Gay Nineties"
1/2 gin
1/2 Italian vermouth
1 dash Angostura bitters
1/2 barspoon suger
1 twist lemon peel