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

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GINGER WHsTE.

bier three parts full of water,and add two table-spooniuls q£ the syrup. Then stir in hrisldy a small teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, and a very delicious di'ink will be formed. The color may be improved by adding a very small portion of cochineal to the synmp at the time of boiling. 236. G-inger "Wine. Put twelve pounds ofloaf-sugar and six ounces of pow dered ginger into six gallons of water; let it boU for an hour, then beat up the whites of half a dozen eggs with a whisk,and mix them well with the liquor. When quite cold put it into a barrel, with six lemons cut into slices, and a cupful of yeast; let it work for three days, then put in the bimg. In a week's time you may bottle it, and it will be ready for immediate use.

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