1928 Giggle Water by Charles S Warnock

GIGGLE WATER 29 solve in the juice. Steep in 5 quarts brandy 10 days, i dram cinnamon, 12 cloves, 8 ounces peach leaves, 4 ounces bruised cherry kernels. Filter, mix both liquids, and filter again. 45. RATAFIA NO. 3 Take 4 ounces of nutmegs, 5 pounds of bitter almonds, 9 pounds Lisbon sugar, 5 grains ambergris. Infuse these ingredients 3 days in 5 gallons of proof spirit, and filter it through a flannel bag for use. The nutmegs and bitter almonds must be bruised, and the ambergris rubbed with the Lisbon sugar in a marble mortar, before they are in fused in the spirit.

46. RATAFIA D'ANGELIQUE Take Yz dram of angelica seed, 2 ounces stalks of angelica, 2 ounces bitter almonds, blanched, 6 pints proof spirit, I pound white sugar. Digest, strain and filter.

47. RATAFIA BE BRON BE NOIX Take 60 young walnuts whose shells are not yet hard ened, 4 pints brandy, 12 ounces sugar, 15 grains mace, 15 grains cinnamon, 15 grains cloves. Digest for 2 to 3 months, press out the liquor, filter and keep it for 2 to 3 years.