1903 The Flowing Bowl by Edward Spencer

THE FLOWING BOWL

Rack Punch of which Jos. Sedley partook so freely at Vaux- hall, and which put a temporary stop to the carryings-on of the fascinating Miss Sharp with the susceptible Anglo-Indian, Thackeray does not tell us if this was an abbreviation of Arrack Punch. My own idea is that brandy and rum—of inferior quality—entered into it j although, as mentioned in a previous chapter, " rack" is the " Cheshyre Cheese " synonym for gin. But I should be inclined to back arrack. At all events this is one of the component parts of a Vauxhall Punch of which the recipe is in my possession. A large tumbler, one wine-glass of old brandy, one ditto of old rum, one ditto of arrack, the juice of half a lemon, and a tablespoonful of sugar. Mix, strain into two small tumblers, and fill up each " ith boiling water. wi Uncle Toby. Here is another encouragement to the bile industry :— Rub the rind of one lemon on two lumps of sugar, put the sugar in a large tumbler with the juice of the lemon, and dissolve in one wine-glass of boiling water ; then add one wine-glass of brandy, one ditto of rum, and two dittoes of hot stout ; mix well, strain, and add more sugar if necessary.