1883 The Bar-Tenders' Guide or How to Mix all kinds of Plain and Fancy Drinks (1976 edition)

ITNCLE TOBT PUNOH.

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and 6tir well together. Pour in two quarts of water 1)011- ing hot, and set the jug upon the hob for twenty minutes, Strain the liquor through a fine sieve into a large bowl ; pour in a bottle of capillaire,* half a pint of sherry, a pinf of Cognac brandy, a pint of old Jamaica rum, and a quart of orange shrub; stir well as you pour in the spirit. If you find it requires more sweetness, add sugar to your taste.

64. Uncle Toby Punch.

- (Engllah.)

Take two large fresh lomons with rongh sîdns, quite ripe, and some large lumps of double-refincd sugar. Rnb the sugar over the lemons till it has absorbed ail the yellow part of the skins. Then put into the bowl these lumps, and as much more as the juice of the lemons may be sup- posed to require; for no certain weight can be mentioned, as the acidity of a lemon cannot be known till tried, an(i therefore this must be determined by the taste. Then squecze the lemon jnicc upon the sugar ; and, wîth a bruiser press the sugar and the juice particularly TV'eîl together, for a great deal of the richness and fine flavor of the punch dépends ou this rubbing and mixing process being thoroughly performed. Then mix this up very "well with 1 ♦ 65. Capillaire.—Puta wiue-glass of Ouraçoainto a pint of clarified ^jTTip, ehako them well together, and pour it into tho proper sized bottles. A tea-spoonful in a_glnss of fair water makcs a pleasant eau sucré, 66. Anoiher reUpefor making Capillaire.—Toonc gallon of wator add twonty-eightpounde of loaf-siigar ; put botb over tho ûre to simnier; wlien milk-warm add tho wliites of four or ûve eggs, woU beaten.; as Ûiese simmer with tho syrup, skim it well; then pour it ofF, and flavor it with orange-flower water or bitter almonds, whlchever you prefer.