1903 The still-room by C. Roundell

DRINKS— OLD AND NEW

" Life isnt all beer atid skittles — hut beer and skittles^ or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of e^very Englishman s education — ToM Hughes. ^/ ^0 ynake Ale Cup, — Digest for a few hours X (preferably for a few days) a quarter of an ounce each of cinnamon and allspice and a couple of cloves in a tea-cupful of sherry, and strain through muslin. Add to this infusion four bottles of ginger beer and a quart of ale. Cool on ice, and serve in tankards. To make Bachnhitoyu — Mix in a jug, placed on ice, a bottle of soda-water, a bottle of claret, a glass of sherry, a glass of maraschino, the peel and juice of a lemon, a table-spoonful of castor sugar, and a sprig of borage. To ynake Bishop, — Stick four Seville oranges with cloves, and roast them brown before the fire. Place the oranges in a covered earthenware vessel before the fire, together with half a pound of castor sugar, a quarter of an ounce of mixed ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon, and half a pint each of water and of claret. Let it stand for a few hours — preferably for twenty-four hours. Then squeeze the oranges, and strain. Warm the mixture and add a boiling mixture of half a pint of claret and a quarter of a pint of port. " Fijie oranges, JFell roasted, ^vith sugar and -zvine in a cup. They II make a siveet Bishop n^vhen gentlefolks sup.''' 117