1927 Drinks of All Kinds

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RESTORATIVE DRINKS

Orange Gin. Steep one ounce of dried orange-peel (equal parts of Seville and China or Tangerine is pre ferable) in one pint of gin ; let it remain for ten days, strain, then add one ounce of syrup of ginger and three-quarters of a pound of loaf sugar; strain through paper, bottle, and cork well. This makes a good tonic. Orange Quinine. To a pint bottle of ordinary orange wine add ten grains of quinine in powder, cork well, and let it stand for a few days. Awineglassful may be taken occasionally as a tonic, or a pleasant tonic drink may be made by adding a split bottle of soda-water to half a wineglass of the Orange mixture. Peach and Honey. See page 46. Port Wine Mixture. Half fill a wineglass with good brandy, fill up with port wine, and grate a quarter of a nutmeg on the top. This mixture is useful in cases of diarrhoea, where there is much exhaustion.

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