(One of these and the honeymoon is over). Four bottles Scotch; four drops Seltzer water; six teaspoonfuls bicarbonate of soda; four old lemons. Shake the soda, Seltzer water, and lemons together. Then send the mixture away to be analyzed. While you’re waiting for the chemist’s report, drink the Scotch. By the time the report arrives, you won’t care anyway.
(Recipe from Cocktail Recipes Mixed by Famous People for a Famous Hotel, 1933)
