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Flip Cocktail (generic recipe)
Made with a full-bodied and flavoursome base spirit or fortified wine, this is a tasty cocktail. Those perhaps put off by a whole raw egg per drink should...
Aaron Fredriksson
17th June at 18:12
Im not sure how u got urs so white and fluffy in the picture! You mention a whole egg including the yolk, no matter how much i shake it turns yellow and tastes absolutely awful🤣 afraid this is not for me
25th July 2023 at 08:03
This is the drink Pip has before he leaves for London in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations:
"On this last evening, I dressed myself out in my new clothes for their delight, and sat in my splendour until bedtime. We had a hot supper on the occasion, graced by the inevitable roast fowl, and we had some flip to finish with. We were all very low, and none the higher for pretending to be in spirits."
"On this last evening, I dressed myself out in my new clothes for their delight, and sat in my splendour until bedtime. We had a hot supper on the occasion, graced by the inevitable roast fowl, and we had some flip to finish with. We were all very low, and none the higher for pretending to be in spirits."
25th July 2023 at 15:06
Many thanks, Chris. I've added a reference to the history above.