• 1 Egg
  • 1/2 Glass Jamaica Rum
  • 1 Tablespoonful Powdered Sugar
  • 1/2 Glass Brandy

Beat up yolk and white of egg separately. Then mix the yolk and white together.

Use stem glass or china mug, adding the spirits, then fill with boiling water, grating nutmeg on top.

*The Tom and Jerry was invented by Professor Jerry Thomas—rise please—over seventy years ago, in the days when New York was the scene of the soundest drinking on earth. The Tom and Jerry and the Blue Blazer—the latter a powerful concoction of burning whisky and boiling water—were the greatest cold weather beverages of that era.


This recipe originally appeared on page
162
of the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book