1908 The World's Drinks and How to Miw Them by Hon Wm Boothby (1st edition)

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USEFUL FORMULAS.

FOREIGN JIIEASURES WITH AJIIERICAN EQUIVALENT. I WHERE USED.

DENOMINATIONS.

AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS.

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---------~ Almude ....... .. ·· I Arroba (liquid) . .. . B aril . ............. 1 Barrel .. .......... . 1 Caffiso ............ . Centaro . ..... . ... . Fanega (liquid) . .. . Frasco .......... ·• I l•'rasco . . ... . ....... 1 . Fuder .. .. ....... . . Garnlce . . ....... . . H ectoli te r : Liquid .. , Liter .. . ..... .. ... . Olce .. . ........... . i~~ro ·:::::::::::: :1 - ----- -

Portugal ..... .... . . ......... . Cuba, Spain and Venezuela .. . . Argentine Republic and Mexico Malta (customs) ...... . ... . ... . Malta ... . ......... . ... . ..... . Central America ... ... . .. .. .. . Spain ... . . ............... .. . . Argentine R ep ublic....... . ... . Mexico .............. . . . . .... . Luxemburg ........ .... ..... . Russian Polanr1 . ... . . . ..... .. . . Metric .. . .. . . .... ... .. .... . . . Metric . . . . ................ ... . Hungary a nd Wallachia .... . . . Japan ....................... . Russia .. . ... . .. .... ..... . ... .

4 . 422 gallons. 4. 263 gallons. 20. 0787· gallons. 11 . 4 gallons. 5. 4 gallons. 4. 2631 gal lon s. 16 gallons. 2. 5096 quarts. 2.5 quarts. 264 . 17 gallons. 0.88 gallons. 26. 417 gallons. 1. 0567 qua rts. 2.5 pints. 1. 6 qua rts. ~~gall o n s.

JIIETRIC LIQUID JIIEASURES.

Milliliter (1/1000 liter) equals 0 . 0388 fluid ounce. Centiliter (1/100 liter) equals 0. 338 fluid ounce. Decilite r (1/ 10 lite r) equals 0. 845 gill Liter e quals 1.0567 quarts. Decaliter (10 lite r s ) equals 2 . 6418 gallo ..s. Hectoliter (100 lite r s) equals 26.418 gallon s. Kilolite r (1,000 lite rs) equals 264 . 18 gallons.

(From United States Consular R eports.)

U.S. standard wine gallon, 231 c ubic In.

1 Imperial g a llon, 1.2006 U.S. g a ls.

460 CORDIAL GIN. Oils of bitter almonds, vitriol, turpentine and juniper, one-half drachm each; kill the oils in spirits of wine; fifteen gallons of clean, rectified probf spirits, to which add one dracbm of coriander seeds, one drachm of pulverized orris root, one-half pint of elder-flower water, with ten pounds of sugar, ancl five gallons of water. CREME DE MENTHE. Macerate for a couple of days in one gallon of alcohol, four pounds of peppermint leaves and the skins of a dozen lemons. Strain, adcl three gallons of water and sweeten to taste. . Color with fresh parsley. DAMIANA BITTERS. Macerate for fourteen days any quantity of Damiana roots in just enough alcohol to cover them, reduce to any desired strength with water, fl avor with cardarnon seed, clarify and bottle. 461 462