The Washington times., 1894-06-07
GRAPE FRUIT IN A COCKTAIL.
Relieves n Man with a Big Head-PopuIa
in New York with the SweIIs

Relieves a Man with Big Head-popuIar
in New York with the SweIIs.
The favorite fruit in New York this season
has been by long odds the wild orange, or
grape fruit. as it is commonly, though Curl
ously. called.
Why this latter name should have been
given to it is rather puzzle, though it has
been suggested by the oldest New York dealer
that possibly the way it clusters on the trees.
bending the bougns at times almost to the
ground, may have imaanied it in the minds
OF its gro gers as resembling punches OF huge
golden grapes.
Twenty-Five years ago it was occasionally
brought TO this market from the Bahama
Islands. but nobody thought OF eating it.
though it was several times reshipped to
Liverpool, where it sold by the barrel, bring
ing good price.
1t did not, however, come into general use
in England, and has not yet as an article OF
luxurious eating, though its medicinal prop
critics are known and occasionally utilized in
hospitals.
Within the last three years the wild orange
has been growing steadily in popular favor
throughout America. and this Winter has be-
come quite the rage among fashionable peo-
pie. So much so, indeed, that not long ago
Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, wishing to express
VI SOIlC NOuEltcN
shown her by an Austrian baron, bought six
cases OF grape fruit and shipped them to his
county seat near Vienna. Many men who
cut down their wild orange glade5 in Florida
ten years ago now regret it.
But what is the chief virtue Of the wild
orange? Considering that when first it came
into our market it was called on account of
its bitterness 1.-The forbidden fruit" the
query seems queer one. Some New Yorker
OF large brain, however, discovered several
years ago that it was the quickest and surest
cure for a big head-not the big head of
vanity. but that which comes from excessive
potations. The juice OF the grape fruit in
such cases is ten times better than "a hair of
the dog that bit you" In fact, the effect is
almost magical in its instantaneous transfor-
nation OF the aching head and qualmy stom-
ach and shaking nerves into a state of seren-
ity.
Moreover, it is natural cocktail As a
morning appetizer it has no equal or GER
tainly no superior. The cunning concoctions
OF erudite barkeepers sink into insignifieance
before it.
Besides being natural cocktail, it may be
considered When served as a fruit or dessert
dish IN the light of a natural marmalade,
and many delicious ways of preparing it are
being invented.
In spite of its inherent medicinal antago-
nism to the cup that brightens to-day and
darkenS tomorrow, fashion has lately lnstl-
tuted q marriage between grape fruit and Ja-
maica rum.
You cut out the core OF a large one from
the top, fill it with rum and sugar, and let it
stand in the refrigerator for an hour before
eating. Another way is to cut the fruit in
halves laterally, remove the seeds, and sprinkle
with rum and powdered sugar. third way,
more delicious still. is to skin the fruit, and.
with sharp knife, remove the envelopes OF
the pulp. and then pack these between thin
layers Of rum sherbet or Roman punch, and
serve when sufficiently arctic marriage has
been consummated.
But rum, to some tastes. though having
the sanction of the Immortal Daniel. " is a
crude liquor, and the Washington fashion of
serving grape fruit, with the pulp beaten up
in a light sherry or in a medium strong
claret-cold, OF course. but not frozen-is
perhaps more refined way, or one that
would commend itself to the feminine rather
than the masculine taste. This latter dish,
which might be called paree of grapefruit au
win, is gaming in favor all over the country.
Grape fruit punch. made with brandy, lem
ons. 1: dash Of pineapple, sugar. and straw
berries, the fruit juice and the brandy bear
ing to the other Ingredients the proportion of
two-thirds to one-third-is IN excellent night
cap. 1t is 4 singular fact that the grape fruit
is supposed by some to possess timely
qualty-that is, to have an awakening. in
vigorating effect IN the morning and sooth-
ing influence late at night.-New York World.