The American Soda Book of Receipts and Suggestions

About a thousand formulas for the soda fountain — syrups, phosphates, egg drinks, ice-cream sodas and “fancy drinks” — with hints on installing and running a fountain, from the company that sold them.

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Cherry Ferri--American

The greatest nerve tonic of the age. Use one ounce to glass, fill glass with solid soda, stir and serve.

Cherry Fizz.

One and one-half ounces cherry syrup, I to 2 ounces lemon juice. Draw into a mixing glass, fill half full of cracked ice, stir well, strain into a fancy glass which has previously been filled about one-third full of fine ice, add a very little sodium bicarbonate on the end of a spoon, stir well, add a slice of lemon and orange or a cherry and orange.

Cherry Flip.

Serve I ounce of the following syrup with enough water to fill glass: One ounce fluid extract wild cherry, I ounce Jamaica rum, 1 ounce solution citric acid, sufficient red coloring and syrup enough to make ½ gallon. Cherry Glace.

Take a 5-ounce sherbet glass, fill with shaved ice, add 1 ounce cherry syrup and a dash of acid phosphate, and top off with 3 or 4 of American Maraschino Cherries. This makes one of the nicest drinks for a hot day that can be served at the fountain.

If your fountain is small, serve the well-known popular flavors. Do not attempt to introduce new drinks.

Cherry Jingle.

Three ounces cherry syrup; I ounce lemon juice. Put several sprays of mint and half a glass of cracked ice in mixing glass, shake well sprays and add and half a glass of cracked ice in mixing glass, shake well and add above. Strain into a 10-ounce glass and draw coarse stream. Decorate with cherry.

Cherry Malt Tonic.

Malt extract, 8 ounces; tincture celery seed, 2 drams; orange syrup, 4 ounces; comp. tincture gentian, I dram lemon syrup, to make 2 pints. Mix ; comp. tincture gentian , I dram; lemon syrup, to make 2 pints. Mix and serve I ounce in an 8-ounce mineral glass, with or without phosphate.

Cherry Nectar.

American Red Cherry Concentrated Syrup

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