1869 Cooling Cups and Dainty drinks by William Terrington

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Essences,

8fc.

— Lemon-grass oil,

Essence of Lemon-Grass Oil.

^ fluid drachm, put into 2 oz. of pure spirit. Nutmeg is the shelled seed of the Myristica I moschata, a tree which grows principally in the

The nutmeg-tree is like a pear-

Isles of Banda.

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in shape and form, with a laurel-like

I tree

leaf,

I which, when bruised, emits an aromatic perfume. The fruit I is similar to a walnut in form, but more fleshy, and The external pulp dries up to a crust I of a deep red colour, that, on opening at one side, discloses a membranous coat of a beautiful red tint, I known to us as mace, which lies immediately over ! the thin and brittle shell of the nutmeg. The young nutmegs are preserved in vinegar and sugar. A nutmeg-tree will yield three crops annually, ! the tree bearing fruit and blossoms at the same I The flowers are small, and have no smell. I full of juice. in a phial digest and strain ; or add £ drachm oil of nutmeg to 1 oz. of spirits of wine. Orange ( Citrus aurantium), of which there are two species, the sweet and bitter. It is the best known and wholesomest of all subacid fruits ; it ; fill up with spirit ; [ time. Essence of Nutmeg. — Grate a nutmeg ; put it