1895 The Mixicologist (First Edition) by C F Lawlor

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THE MIXICOLOGIST.

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SYRUPS, ESSENCES, TINCTURES, ETC. These préparations consist of ingrédients used in the following recipes for making prepared punclies, cocktails, etc. Plain Syrup. Take ôJ/2 pounds of loaf-sugar. }4 gallon of water. The white of 1 egg. Boil until dissolved, and filter through flannel. Gum Syrup. Take 14 pounds of loaf-sugar. 1 gallon of water. Boil together for five minutes, and add water to make up to 2 gallons. Lemon Syrup. Take 5 gallons of gum syrup. 4 ounces of tartaric acid. 1 ounce of oil of lemon. 1 pint of alcohol. Cut the oil of lemon in the alcohol, add the tar­ taric acid, and mix thorouglily with the syrup.