Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Pineapple | 1 cup chunks (165g) | 82 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Rum | 1/2 oz (15ml) | 32 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- one quart of cream
- a slice of pineapple
- a dash of rum
- two very handsome silver loving cups appropriately inscribed
- one morning at the old white there was a knock at my door just before breakfast
- 5 eggs
- 9 persons
- nutmeg
Directions
This famous receipt has a history well worth recording of “the man and his julep.” John Dabney was the famous old negro caterer of Richmond until a few years ago. John was a very remarkable character, and in personality most striking, combining as he did some of the Indian with his negro antecedents. He was a slave of a prominent Virginia family, who had consented to set John free some years before the war. John had almost finished paying for his freedom by his thrift and determination when war came. After Mr. Lincoln’s proclamation his master said, “John, you are free.” and wished him good luck, and John started life for himself as a caterer in Richmond. He soon had a small bank account. Meantime war had left his master’s family in reduced circumstances--his master dead. Taking the amount that was still due his old master, had war not settled the account in a different way, John Dabney went to his mistress and begged she would accept what he believed to be rightfully hers. Thomas Nelson Page hearing of the incident embodied it in one of his most characteristic bits of the old South. General Maury meeting John Dabney on the streets of Richmond a few days afterwards extended his hand and said, “John, I have just been reading what Mr. Page says about you, and John you are a gentleman.” Taking off his hat with that well-bred courtesy that the negro of the past had, and the negro of the present has not, he said, “Thanky, General, that’s what I tries to be, sar.” The young men of the different clubs in Richmond had presented John with two very handsome silver loving cups appropriately inscribed. John was very proud of these, and when he wanted to confer an especial honor one of these cups was sent filled to the brim with one of his juleps. One morning at the Old White there was a knock at my door just before breakfast. In answer, there stood one of John’s assistants with one of John’s cups filled to the brim with John’s julep, which he presented with John Dabney’s compli
Here is what composed this beverage: Crushed ice, as much as you can pack in and sugar, mint bruised, and put in with the ice, then your good whiskey, and the top surmounted by more mint, a strawberry, a cherry, a slice of pineapple, or, as John expressed it, “Any other little fixings you like.” On mine was the pink rose. I pinned on the rose, drank some of that never-to-be-forgotten julep. Had I drunk half, I would have never danced my morning german. Then I went with my father to seek John and express my appreciation of the honor. I found him at the door of his sanctum. With a most profound bow he received my thanks. “Yes, mam,” he said, “I always was mighty fond of your Pa, the General.” Here’s to you, John Dabney! Would there were others of your race to follow in your footsteps.--Sue Mason Maury Halsey--(Mrs. James T. Halsey).
LALLA ROOKH PUNCH. A FAMOUS RECIPE.
MRS. JAMES THOMAS.
_Contributed by Mrs. Robert H. Maury, Richmond, Va._
One quart of cream, 5 eggs, put yolks in saucepan with a heaping teacup of granulated sugar. Let it cook a little, stirring, set aside to cool, then put in a custard glass of brandy, a dash of rum, then add whipped cream, and last the whites of eggs well beaten. Season with nutmeg. Use rock salt to freeze. This will serve 9 persons.