Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-07-24
HOT BEVERAGE.
Men Who Drink to Stimulate Thst
Appetites.

Appetites.
Did you ever here of a Worcestershire
sauce cocktail7 Probably not. Ye
they are drank by certain persons whoss
stomachs require strong decoction h
tone them up. ate breakfast in Ger
tain popular restaurant yesterday, and
could find no Worcestershire on my table
with which to flavor my steak. Wher
the headwaiter brought bottle to mehs
smiled and remarked, ''We can't afforo
to keep Worcestershire on the tables any
longer. sir; too many people drinkit up
''Drink it upl You don't mean 10 say
that any one drinks Worcestershire as
beverage. should think it would burn
the roof out of his mouth"
"It probably would out Of an ordinary
mans, !" said the headwaiter; shut for an
old rounder Worcestershire sauce is the
best 'bracer' in the world. 1t straightens
him up when whiskey and gin cocktails,
and even absinthe, have lost their grip.
Befort we hid our Worcestershire bottles
away, 1 have seen them come in, sit
down at the tables, give their order for
breakfast, and then as soon as the walters
back was turned, empty their glass OF
water, seize the bottle, fill the COB
let half full of the sauce, and down
it at gulp. The effect is quick and
wonderful. Men who come in all played
out, shaky and dilapidated, will
straighten up and be as hungry as
tramp by the time breakfast is brought.
Oh, there is nothing like a Worcester
shire cocktail. The old FOUNDERS would
tell you so, if they would tell the truth.
But they won't. They are ashamed of
it, and conceal their craving. / don't
believe you could get one of the Worces-
tershire 'fiends' to own up to it.
'Did you ever know anybody to ask
| for drink of Worcestershire?"
"Never but once. He is an old GUS
toner, and gives me good tips, so will
not expose him by telling his name. He
used to look around wistfully after the
bottles disappeared from our tables, and
when he couldn't find them he would or.
der absinthe. But that didn't nit the right
spot, like Worcestershire. Presently de-
tected him drinking the tomato catsup. |
said nothing, but the catsup bottles were.
taken off. The next morning he came
in to breakfast as usual, and | saw him
look for the tomato catsup. He couldn't
find it, of course. l said to myself,
what will you do now, old mang He
was evidently disturbed. But he ordered
his breakfast and began inspecting the
cruets in the stand on the table. All at
once bright idea struck him. He took
out the cayenne pepper cruet, literally
sprinkled the water in his goblet, and
drank it down. / could stand it no
longer. Walking up to him, said: Mr..
-, would you like some Worcester
shire2 He flushed up, for he saw that I
knew his secret-no secret, though, for
he is only one of dozen such that fre-
quent this restaurant. Yes, he replied,
4 would. Nothing picks me up like
Worcestershire. tell you what I'll do.
Sell me bottle and keep it for me, and
when l come in to get my breakfast, pour
me out small glassful on the quiet.
| Say nothing to anybody, and / will see
that you will lose nothing | did 50 |;
and nowshe gets his Worcestershire cock
tail every morning, and eats his break
fast like slittle man.'n
1t is we'll known to the trade that one
Of the ingredients of many of the sauces
used on meats is assaf9tida. This is the
drug administered in hospitals and ine-
briate asylums to patients who are suffer-
ing from the effects of hard drinking.
Probably the presence of the assafetida
/ explains why Founders find the drink
| ing of table sauces so inyigorating to
their worn-out stomachs. The question
is, How long will the effects last! After
Worcestershire, whata-[ New York Star.