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1930s Old Fashioned Cocktail

2 oz whiskey
1 lump sugar
2 dashes Angostura bitters
2 dashes Curacao or Absinthe
1 slice orange
1 slice lemon peel

In serving glass, press with spoon and muddle well orange slice, lemon peel, sugar and bitters. Add whiskey and serve.

From the book: Burke's Complete Cocktail and Tastybite Recipes by Harmon Burney "Barney" Burke, Books Inc. 1933, New York, New York USA

History: The first registration of this cocktail is in "Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book" (1931) and it seems that it was invented by Colonel James E. Pepper.