1896 Fancy Drinks and Popular Beverages by the Only William

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LIQUORS AND RATAFIAS.

To prepare good and very palatable liquors for the family use we put down a series of recipes, as verified by our own experience, and that of others. But we declare here candidly and freely, that it is absolutely impossible to obtain by extraction the same liquors as by distillation. The liquors won by infusing fruits or blossoms, or by mixing with fruit-juices are called ratafias; the fine French, very sweet, and , on account of this, more consistent liquors are called cremes or huiles (oils) : creme de van£lle, creme de Barbados , •creine