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

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namon,2 drachms; cloves, 2 drachms, and proceed as for raspberries. 450. Ratafia of Mulbeiries. j Mulberries, 10 lbs.; brandy, 10 pints; sugar, 4 lbs.; n inace, 2 drachms. Proceed as before. 451. Ratafia of Orange-flowers. Brandy,8 pints; Avater, 2 pints; orange-flowers, 1 lb.; and sugar, 1 lb. Put the whole in a jar well stopped; place it in a bath, almost boiling hot,for a day; the next day filter and bottle it. 452. "Vespitro. Brandy,2 pints; anise-seed, 1 ounce; 2 lemons; sugar, 1 lb.; corianders, 2 ounces; fennel, 1 ounce; angelica,2 drachms. Break up these ingredients, and put them in a ar with 2 pints of brandy; peel the 2 lemons, which you must add to the mixture, and squeeze in the juice; break the sugar; dissolve it in "water, and put it into the jar; let it stand for a fortnight; then strain it through a flannel bag; filter and bottle it. 453. Yellow Escubac. 1 ounce of saffron; 1 ounce of Damascus raisins; 1 ounce of cinnamon; 3 lbs. ofsugar: 1 ounce ofliquorice; 1 ounce of corianders; 3 pints of brandy; 2 pints of water. Pound these ingi-edients, and dissolve the sugar in 2 pints of water; pul the whole in a jar to infuse for a month,taldng care to .stir it up CAmry second day, or the third at farthest.