1928 Giggle Water by Charles S Warnock

CORDIALS To filter cordials, cover the bottom of a sieve with clean blotting-paper. Pour the liquor into it (having* set a vessel underneath to receive it), and let drip through the paper and through the sieve. Renew the paper fre quently and fasten it down with pins. This process is slow, but makes the liquor beautifully clear. i8. ANISE-SEED CORDIAL Take Yt. pound bruised anise-seed, 3 gallons proof spirit, I quart of water. Draw off two gallons with a moderate fire. This water should never be reduced below proof, because the large quantity of oil with which it is impregnated will render it milky and foul when brought down below proof. But if there is a necessity for doing this the transparency may be restored by filtration.

19. BLACKBERRY CORDIAL Mash and strain the berries through sieve. To i gallon of juice put I pound of sugar. Boil and add i tablespoon 19