1860 Oxford Night Caps

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ALMOND PUNCH. Extract tlie juice from tlie peeling of one lemon and one Seville orange by rubbing loaf sugar on tbem. The juice of sislemons and one Seville orange, one bottle of capU- laire, and a quarter of a pound of loaf sugar. Put the whole into a jug, and when well mixed, pour upon it three pints of boiling water. Cover the jug close, and keep it near the fire a-quarter of an hour. Then add three ounces of sweet and half an ounce of bitter almonds, blanched and pounded fine in a mortar, and gradually mixed with a bottle of white brandy. Stir it well, and if sufdciently sweet it may be used immediately. SHEUB PUNCH. To make the above into Shrub Punch of a superior flavour and quality to that in general use, merely leave out the eggs. CHAMPAGNE PUNCH. Pare two lemons very thin, and steep the peeling in one pint of rum,(or grate sOme