1857 The Bordeaux wine and liquor dealers' guide

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APPENDIX.

decant and bottle. Both are used as pleasant cor- • dials.

NEGUS.

I. (Red.) Port wine 1 bottle (li pints); i nut– meg, grated ; the juice of 2 lemons, and the yellow peel of one; lump sugar i lb.; pnt the whole into a bottle, add boiling water 3 pints, cork down close, and macerate with agitation. * ** Very excellent. The addition of a single drop of essence of amber– gris, and 6 or 7 drops of essence of vanilla, improves it. II. (White.) From white wine, as the last. ***A single glass of the above may be made by observing the same proportions. I. J nice of 3 or 4 lemons ; yellow peel of 1 or 2 lemons; lump sugar t lb. ; boilin~ water 3l pints ; infuse l an hour, strain, add porter l pint ; rum and brandy, of each f to 1 pint, (or either alone ll to 2 pints) and add more warm water and sugar, if desir– ed weaker or sweeter. II. (Cold Punch.)-Arrack, port wine, and water, of each 1 pint ; juice of 4 lemons ; white sugar 1 lb.; mix. PUNOH.

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