1862 How to Mix Drinks or the Bon-Vivant's Companion 1$50.pdf

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KECIPES FOK SMALL QUANTITIES.

454. Ratafia of Green "Walnut Shells,

200 w.alnuts, 10 pints of brandy, 4 lbs. of sugar, 1 drachm of nutmeg, 1 drachm of cloves. Choose 200 Aval- nuts so young that a pin may easily go through 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 ofthe roots ofangel ica, 10 jiints 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 iiinks, 10 jiints of brandy, 4 lbs. of sugar, 1 drachm of cloves, 1 drachm of cinnamon. Pick oif the green from your pinks, pound the leaves, and infuse them for a month in the brandy, with the cloves and cinnamon; after this draw off the liquor and filter it.

457. Balm of Molucca,

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

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