1872 Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks (Mixellany)

SYEUPS AND LIQUETJKS.

Capillaire (proper) is made by infusing 2 oz. of the maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus Veneris) in 1J pint of boiling water, and 2 lbs. of loaf sugar, which pour while boiling hot on 2 oz. more of the fern ; in ten hours strain clear. To Clarify Syrups. —Beat up the syrup cold with white of egg; heat; remove scum when clear ; while hot strain. For Filtering. —Use tammy or other proper substance; if paper is required, the best Eussian is preferable to any other. To Colour. —For green, use parsley or spinach leaves, digested in spirit; for violet, mix blue and red together ; for green, mix blue and yellow ; for red, use cochineal or Brazil wood; for blue, use in-