1827 Oxford Night Caps

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oranges,and add the juice of four more le mons and a proportionate quantity ofsugar.

Orangeade. The mixture may also be made into Orangeade by omitting the wine, spirits, and lemons, and squeezing into it thejuice of twelve oranges in addition to those men tioned in the recipe for Egg Punch.

POSSET. From fatn'd Barbadoes, on the western main, Fetch sugar,ounces four; fetch sack from Spain A pint; and from the Eastern Indian coast Nutmeg,the glory of our northern toast; O'er flaming coals let them together heat. Till the all-conquering sack dissolve the sweet; O'er such another fire put eggs just ten. New-born from tread ofcock and rump ofhen; Stir them with steady hand and conscience pricking. To see th' untimely end of ten fine chicken: From shining shelf lake down the brazen skellet, A quart of milk from gentle cow will fill it; c 2