1896 Fancy Drinks and Popular Beverages by the Only William

LIQUORS AND RATAFIAS.

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290. l\lnrfoit '.lmonr. A very fine cordial which may be made in different ways. If you have a distilling apparatus, distil three quarts of alcohol with the rind of four thinly peeled lemons, one-fifteenth ounce of lemon oil, one-thirtieth ounce of bergamot oil; stop when the distillate shows 60° to 70° Tralles; distil anew with one quart of milk, dye the entire distillate with cochineal tinctures lightly red, and add two quarts of sugar syrup. Ten drops of clove essence, five drops of nutmeg essence, and a few drops of lemon essence are mixed with two quarts of al– cohol of 83°; color with cochineal tincture slightly red, and add a syrup out of four pounds of sugar in one quart of water. Let the mixture stand four weeks; stir or shake daily, then filter and bottle. 291. '.lnotlJcr. Mash three fine peeled celery roots with the green sprigs on them; add four and a half quarts of brandy; distil this mixture with a spoonful of salt in a retort. The obtained product is mixed with three-fourths of a pound of roasted and pulverized cocoa beans, one-fourth of an ounce of cut vanilla, and three pounds of refined sugar; let it stand for a week; color with a cochineal tincture slightly red, and filter. BY INFUSION.

292. lJlrrsico.

This fine cordial must be taken only in small doses, as it con– tains hydrocyanic acid , Peel half a pound of peach-pits, and half a pound of apricot-pits, mash them, and infuse the mash with one-eighth of an ounce of fine cinnamon in four quarts of cognac; infuse in a large bottle a week in the sun; filter; purify two pounds of loaf-sugar in one pint of water, st.rain, and let it get cool; mix this syrup with the liquor, and fill into bottles.