1827 Oxford Night Caps

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He further states, that after a heavy meal it is improper, as it may check digestion, and injure the stomach". Recipe. Extract the juice from the rind of three lemons, by rubbing loaf sugar on it. The peeling of two Seville oranges and two lemons, cut extremely thin. The juice of four Seville oranges and ten lemons. Six glasses of calves-feet jelly in a liquid state. The above to be put into ajug,and stirred well together. Pour two quarts of boiling water on the mixture, cover thejug closely, and place it near the fire for a quarter of an hour. Then strain the liquid through a sieve iuto a punch bowl or jug,sweeten it with a • bottle of capillaire, and add half a pint of white wine, a pint of French brandy, a pint

* Fielding mentions a Clergyman who preferred Punch to Wine for tins orthodox reason, that the former was a n