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“...10 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
Meals.
Expenses.
also has its devotees. It is a good rule to avoid
all stimulants before the midday meal, though an
appetiser before dinner, which may take the form
of a cocktail or a “ swizzle,” is recommended.
The latter is made from gin, whisky, brandy,
or vermuth, which is mixed in a jug with bitters,
grated ice, and a modicum of sugar, and frothed
up with a swizzle stick, the latter being the stem
of a plant with radiating roots, apparently pro-
vided by nature for this special purpose, which
is made to revolve backwards and forwards be-
tween the palms of the hands. In Barbados the
great appetiser is a swizzle known as “ green
bitters,” the basis of which is wormwood.
“Coffee” is the first meal of the day in the
West Indies. It connotes a cup of the beverage
from which its name is taken, or of tea or other
liquid refreshment, whatever be its nature, which
is served with toast and butter at the early hour
of 6 a.m. Breakfast is somewhat of a movable
feast...”
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