1863 Cups and their customs

CUPS AND THEIR CUSTOMS.

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Recipe for Ginger Brandy, To each bottle of brandy add two ounces of the best ginger bruised ; let it stand for a week ; then strain the liquid through muslin, and add a pound of finely powdered sugar-candy. Thi^ should be kept at least one year. Recipe for a Hunting -flask. As to the best compound for a hunting-flask, it will seldom be found that any two men perfectly agree ; yet, as a rule, the man who carries the largest, and is most liberal with it to his friends, will be generally esteemed the best concocter. Some there are who prefer to all others a flask of gin into which a dozen cloves have been inserted, while others, younger in age and more For our own part, we must admit a strong predilection for a pull at a flask containing a well-made cold punch, or a dry Cura9oa. Then again, if we take the opinion of our huntsman, who (of course) is a spicy fellow, and ought to be up in such matters, he recommends a piece of dry ginger always kept in the waistcoat pocket; and does not care a fig for anything else. So much for difierence of taste ; but as we have promised a recipe, the one we venture to insert is specially dedicated to the lovers of usquebaugh, or ^^ the crathur : ^^ it was a favourite of no less a man than Robert Burns, and one we believe not generally known ; we therefore hope it fantastic in taste, swear by equal parts of gin and noyeau, or of sherry and Maraschino.