1891 Drinks à La Mode by Mrs de Salis

DRINKS A LA MODE

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PUNCH,

Bal Punch.

Devonshire Recipe.

Take one bottle of whisky, one of rum, half a bottle of brandy, a quarter of a bottle of port wine, three pounds of sugar, and a tumblerful of lemon juice. Mix all together and pour on this a kettleful of boiling water. Cambridge Milk Punch. Take two quarts of milk, and put into it the thinly pared rind of a lemon, with half a pound of loaf sugar. Let all boil slowly, then take out the lemon-peel. Draw it from the fire, and stir in quickly a couple of whisked eggs which have been mixed with half a pint of cold milk and strained through a sieve ; let stand by side of fire. After these are mixed the milk must not boil. Add gradually a pint of rum and half a pint of brandy ; stir the punch to a froth and serve it quickly in warm glasses. Champagne Punch. Pour into a small punch-bowl a bottle of cham- pagne, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, one sliced