1876 Jerry Thoma's Bar-Tender's Guide or How to Mix Drinks (Soft Cover)

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PUNCH GRASSOT.

43. Ro c k y Mountain Punch. (For a mixed party of twenty.) (From a recipe in the possession of Major James Foster.) This delicious punch is compounded as follows :

5 bottles of champagne. 1 quart of Jamaica rum. 1 pint of maraschino. 6 lemons, sliced. Sugar to taste.

Mix the above ingredients in a large punch-bowl, then place in the centre of the bowl a large square block of ice, ornamented on top with rock candy, loaf-sugar, sliced lemons or oranges, and fruits in season. This is a splendid punch for New Year's Day.

44. Punch Grassot.

(The following recipe was given by M. Grassot, the eminent French c*»-*»-ian of the Palais Royal, to Mr. Howard Paul, the celebrated "Entertainer,"whenper forming in Paris.)

1 wine-glass of brandy. 5 drops of Curaçoa. 1 do. acetic acid. 2 teaspoonfuls of simple syrup. 1 teaspoonful of syrup of strawberries. 1/4 of a pint of water. The peel of a small lemon, sliced.

Mix, serve up with ice, in large goblet, and, if possible, garnish the top with a slice of peach or apricot. In cold weather this punch is admirable served hot.