Suitable for pic-nics, balls, weddings, and other festive occasions.
Ingredients
1 quart bottle of champagne
2 bottles of soda-water
1 liqueur-glass of brandy or Curacoa
2 tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar
1 lb. of pounded ice
a sprig of green borage
Directions
Put all the ingredients into a silver cup
Stir them together
Regulate the proportion of ice by the state of the weather: if very warm, a larger quantity would be necessary
Hand the cup round with a clean napkin passed through one of the handles, that the edge of the cup may be wiped after each guest has partaken of the contents thereof
Should the above proportion of sugar not be found sufficient to suit some tastes, increase the quantity. When borage is not easily obtainable, substitute for it a few slices of cucumber-rind. Source: The Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton (1859)
Champagne Cobbler
