1903 The Flowing Bowl by Edward Spencer

PUNCH

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Let it stand in front of the fire to infuse for some hours ; then strain and put it into a clear syrup made by boiling together three pounds of sugar and three pints of water ; add two tablespoonfuls of orange-flower water, and stir the mixture over the fire for a few minutes. Strain through a jelly-bag, and bottle when cold. A more potent punch can be made from the same recipe as the Oxford Punch, by leaving out the calves'-feet jelly, and substituting green tea for water. And this sort is invariably drunk hot. Mix three wine-glasses of noyeau with the original recipe and it is entitled to the name of Noyeau Punch. Omit the rum, brandy, and shrub, and sub stitute two bottles of gin, and it becomes Gin Punch. If I could only afford to keep a secretary, a clever stenographer and type-writer, I might be able to supply the world with gratuitous recipes for cooling cups, dainty drinks, and peerless punches, and earn, maybe, the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, and a granite bust on the Thames Embankment or in Shaftesbury Avenue. It is entirely due to lack of funds that I am issuing hooks on the subject of meat and drink ; and I will now proceed to enlighten the thousands of alleged bons-vivantSy who ask questions as to the concoction of Milk Punch. There are many recipes for this seductive drink, each one better than its predecessor.