1925 Summer Drinks and Winter Codials by C F Leyel

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L eave it ,,-ell covered for twenty-four hours . Put into the empty cask the peel of six Seville oranges :rnd half a pound of sug:n candy. Pour the win e over these into the cisk, keeping out two ga llons, ,,-hi ch should be boiled and added late r as the amount in the cask dec reases durino- f . b ermentat10n. Stir into the cask t\\·o oun ces of yeast, and leave it uncovered ti ll ferm ent ation is over; then bun g it up :rnd leave it for a yea r, ,,-hen it is ready to b ottle. It sho uld be kept for anothe r ye:ir before it is drunk, a nd a qu:irt of French brandy add ed before the cas k is bunged up imF 1 rm·es the ,,-ine, though it is not necessa ry. Orange TT'iue (for immediate use) Mix the whit es of three eo-o-s \\"i th six pounds of ~b white sugar, and boil them in one and a half ga llons of spring \\"ater fo r three-qu::irters of an hour. Leave it to cool and then add one and a half t ablespoonfu ls of ye:ist. Into another basin sq ueeze the juice of three lemons, :rnd add a quarter of a pound of white sugar. 73