Two dashes of aromatic spirits of ammonia, orange syrup, and a spoonful of bicarbonate. A great bracer.
A Great Bracer.
Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia, 2 dashes; Orange Syrup, 1 ounce; Bicarbonate of Soda, ½ teaspoonful. Plain soda to fill a mineral glass ⅔ full. Add the bicarbonate of soda last, stir with a spoon, serve quickly.
The American Soda Book of Receipts and Suggestions, 1905, 1905. Public domain; transcription unaltered.
Aromatic spirits of ammonia is a pharmaceutical solution of ammonium carbonate — the same class of preparation as smelling salts. Swallowed, ammonia is an irritant to the mouth, throat and stomach.
“Two dashes” is not a dose. A fountain dash was whatever came out of a shaker-top bottle, somewhere between an eighth and a quarter teaspoonful, varying with the bottle and the wrist.
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