1922 Old Time Recipes Liquors Shrubs(4th edition) by Helen S Wright

^omt JHa?rc ^mintn of caraway, two ounces of the seed of cori- ander, one-quarter pound of licorice root Bruise the seeds and spices, and put them together with the licorice, into the still with five and one-half gallons of proof spirit, and one gallon of water. Distill with a pretty brisk fire. As soon as the still be- gins to work to the nozzle of the worm, take one-quarter ounce of English saffron, tied up in a cloth that the liquor may run through When the operation is finished, sweeten with fine sugar. This liquor may be much improved by the following additions: Digest two pounds of stoned raisins, one and one-half pounds of dates, one pound of sliced licorice root, In one gallon of water, for twelve hours. When the liquor is strained off, and has deposited all sediment, decant It gently into a vessel containing the usquebaugh. sliced. it, and extract all its tincture.

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