ABSTRACT
The popular Cocktails—there are some delicious ones—are perfect for an apéritif party, especially if you are not going to have any dinner. But they certainly are damaging to the palate if served just two or three minutes before dinner; and so are, for that matter, Vermouth, Dubonnet, Porto blanc, and such like. Also cocktail drinkers often have iced water with their meals, and certainly nothing could be worse for them.
