1863 The manufacture of liquors, wines, and cordials

CURACOA

COMMON AND CHEAP.

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in dry, and worked up with the plaster, by the ad diiion of water, to bring it to the consistency of batter, and must be mixed and applied with rapid! ty, as it hardens immediately ; never mix more than is needed, for when it sets, it is unsuited for any purpose. For coloring yellow, use yellow ochre. For fawn color, use a small portion of Venetian red and yellow ochre. No liquor or cordial should be colored without first being well fined. peel, four pounds ; oil of bitter almonds, one drachm, and oil of cassia, one drachm, dissolved in alco- hol ; honey, six quarts ; Brazil wood, three ounces. Mix. Stir every day for two weeks. If not suffi- For a more common article, proof whiskey may be substituted in the above for neutral spirit. ciently clear, add boiled milk, and a common tea- cupful of burnt sugar. Curagoa* Neutral spirit, five gallons ; fresh orange

Common and Cheap.

Tincture of grains

Curaqoa

of paradise, five gallons ;

whiskey, three gallons ; honey, four gallons ; oil of orange, one ounce ;

water, twenty-eight gallons ; white sugar, fifty pounds ;

bitter almond oil,

half an ounce ;

oil of cassia, one Cut up or dis-

; oil of cloves, two drachms.

ounce

The oil of al-

solve these oils in a pint of alcohol.