1896 Fancy Drinks and Popular Beverages by the Only William

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344. illr.cam l!lunclj a l''1lmfriqnc. Beat the yolks of six eggs with one pound of powdered sugar; add half a bottle of fine rum or arrack; beat one and a half quarts o f milk and the whites of the six eggs to a consistent foa m; mix both ingredients together, and beat again. (This drink is very palatable, especially for ladies.)

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It is a kind of punch essence which, in combination with cold or hot water, furnishes a very delicious drink. Two quarts of currants are put in a pot which is placed in a larger one partly filled with water; let it slowly boil until the berries burst and the juice flows out; skim well and filter ; to each pint of juice take three-fourths pound of sugar; dissolve it well, and add one quart of old Jamaica rum; filter the mixture again, bottle, and seal.

Boil one quart of water with half a pound of sugar; beat '.:he yolks of five eggs in one pint of St. Croix rum, and add this, while continually stirring, to the boiling water.

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Six eggs, and the yolks of ten eggs are well stirred in a new enameled pot, with one and one-fourth pounds of powdered sugar; add, while continually stirring , one bottle of Rh ine wine and one quart of cold wate r; put over a coa l-fire, and beat until it boils; add the juice of two·o ranges and of two lemons, and half a bottle of arrack; bea t ag ain until boiling, strain thro ug h a sieve, and serve.