1876 How to Mix Drinks or the Bon-Vivant's Companion 2$50 by Jerry Thomas

EATI DE CHASSETmS

156 Eau de Cedrat. (CedrafWater.)

48 cedrats,the rinds only. 24 oranges, do. do.

Cut and macerate them for 24 hours "udth 3 gallons of alcohol, 95 per cent., and 3i gallons of water (see IsTo. 5) DistU from off the water 3 gallons of flavored spiii;; add 24 lbs. of sugar dissolved in gallons of water. Filter (See No.3.) 15Y. Eau d© Celery. (Kirschwasscr.) 12 ounces celery seed ground. Macerate for 24 hours with 3 gallons of alcohol, 95 per cent., and 3^ gallons of water (see No.5); distil from off the water the 3 gallons of flavored spirit; then add 24 lbs. of sugar dissolved in 5^ gallons of water. Filter. (See No.3.) Take 9 bushels of black cherries, without stems, and make a pulp of them; break two handfnls of cherry stones; put this pulp in a large cask, and let it ferment for 2 or 3 months; keep off the air by a good fixed cover, and add water sufficient to prevent its burning when dis tilled; then distil over to the strength of 55 per cent.(10 above proof), and fill it in demijohns or bottles. 158. Eail de Censes. (Cherry "Water.)

159. Eau de Chasseurs. (Hunter's Dew.)

345 drops of oil of peppermint. 48 do. oil of mace.

Dissolved in 3 gallons of alcohol,95 per cent.; then add 8 lbs. of sugar dissolved in 6^ gallons of water. Filter (See No.3.)

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