1862 Bar Tender's Guide price $1.50 by Jerry Thomas

T ' EEOIPES FOR SilAXL QUAlTTmES.

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454. Ratafia of Green Walnut Shells.

200 "Walnuts, 10 pints of brandy, 4 lbs. of sugar, 1 drachm of mitmeg, 1 drachm of cloves. Choose 200 wal nuts so young that a pin may easily go thi-ough them; pound them in a mortar, and infuse them in the brandy, ■with the nutmeg and cloves, for a month; after that time strain the mixture through a flannel bag, filter, and bot tle it. 455. Angelica Ratafia. 4 ounces of angelica-seed, 2 ounces of the roots of angel ica, 10 pints of brandy, 1 drachm of cloves, 1 drachm of cinnamon, 4 pounds of sugar. Pound the" ingredients coarsely; dissolve the sugar in water, and add it to the mixture; infuse it in the brandy for a month; strain it through a bag and filter it. 456. Ratafia of Red Pinks. 3 lbs. of pinks, 10 pints of brandy, 4 lbs. of sugar, 1 drachm of cloves, l drachm of cinnamon. Pick oif the gi'een from your pinks, pound the leaves, and infuse them for a month in the brandy, with the cloves and cinnamon; after this draw ofi" the liquor and filter it.

457. Balm of Molucca.

1 drachm of mace, shreded. 1 ounce of cloves, bruised. 1 gallon of clean spirit (22 under proof).

Macerate for a week in a well-corked demijohn or jar, frequently shaking (see No. 5); color with coloring (see No. 88), and add '4i lbs. of lump sugar dissolved in i a gallon ofpure soft water.