1895 The Mixicologist (First Edition) by C F Lawlor

THE MIXICOLOGIST.

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Essence of Lemon. Take 1 ounce of oil of lemon.

1 quart of alcohol (95 per cent). Y?. pint of water. \Y ounces of citric acid.

Grind the citric acid to a powder in a porcelain mortar ; dissolve it in the water. Then eut the oil of lemon in the alcohol, and add the acid water. Tincture of Orange Peel. Take 1 pound of dried orange peel (ground). 1 gallon of spirits (95 percent). Place them in a closely corked vessel for ten days ; strain and bottle for use. Tincture of Lemon Peel. Cut into small chips the peel of twelve large letnons ; place it in a glass jar, and pour over it one gallon spirits seventy percent ; let it stand until the lemon peel lias ail sunk to the bottom of the liquor ; it is then ready for use withont either filtering or straiuing. Tincture of Cloves. Take one pound of ground cloves; warm them over a fire until quite hot; put them quickly into a jar, pour on them one gallon ninety-five percent alcohol ; cover them air-tight, and let them stand for ten days ; draw off into bottles and cork close.