1907 Smacks and Smiles (Tenth edition) by Charles Smith

Curacoa.

6 ounces of very thin orange peel. 1 pint of whisky. 1 pint of clarified syrup. 1 drachm powdered alum. 1 drachm carbonate of potash. Place the oi'ange peel in a bottle, ^yhich will hold a quart with the whisky;cork tightly and let the con tents remain for 12 days, sliaking the bottle frequently. Then strain out the peel, add the syrup; shake well, and let it stand for3days. Take out a tea-cupful into a mortar,and beat up with the alum and potash ; when well mixed, pour it back into the bottle, and let it remain for a week. Tlie Curagoa will then be perfectly clear.

Curacoa Punch.

Use a large bar glass.

f table-spoon sugar. 3 or 4 dashes lemon juice. . 1 wine glass brandy. 1 pony glass Curagoa (red). i pony glass Jamaica rum ; dress with fruits as usual. Fill with fine ice and sip through a straw.

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