1871 Oxford Night Caps a collection of receipts for making various beverages used in the university

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SHERRY OOBBLER. Sherry Cobbler has only been recently introduced into the University, and has become a great favourite among the Under– ,graduates. It unfortunately happened, that on its first introduction, ice was procured from the Confectioners and Fishmongers which had been taken from stagnant ponds and noisome ditches; consequently those who partook of it imbibed the filthy impurities which it contained. Subsequently the lemon, grape, strawberry, and other pure and whole– some water ices of the Confectioners, have been substituted.• Reci.pe. Pound a small quantity of ice qnite fine, by . wrapping it in a coarse cloth, and beat.. ing it with a mallet or rolling pin. Half fill a large tumbler with this powdered ice, add a teaspoonful and a half of pounded * Thia liquor, drawn into the mouth through a straw, has in more than one instance pnxluoed Vertigo.