1929 The Bon Vivant's Companion or How to Mix Drinks by Jerry Thomas

THE BON VIVANT's COMPANION

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GOTHIC PUNCH

For a party of ten From a recipe in the possession of Bayard Taylor, Esq.^® Four bottles of still Catawba; one bottle of claret, three oranges, or one pineapple, ten tablespoonfuls of sugar. Let this mixture stand in a very cold place, or in ice, for one hour or more,then add one bottle of champagne.

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OXFORD PUNCH

We have been favored by an English gentleman with the following recipe for the concoction of punch as drunk by the students of the University of Oxford: Rub the rinds of three fresh lemons with loaf sugar till you have extracted a portion of the juice; cut the peel finely off two lemons more,and two sweet oranges. Add six glasses of calf's-foot jelly; let all be put into a large jug, and stir well together. Pour in two quarts of water boiling hot, and set the jug upon the hob for twenty minutes. Strain the liquor through a fine sieve into a large bowl; put in a bottle of capillaire,^^ half a pint of sherry, a pint of Cognac brandy, a pint of old Jamaica rum, and a quart of orange shrub; stir well as you pour in the spirit. If you find it re quires more sweetness, add sugar to your taste.

.••64... UNCLE TOBY PUNCH English

Take two large fresh lemons with rough skins, quite ripe, and some large lumps of double-refined sugar. Rub the sugar 13 The American author. 1* See Recipes Nos. 6s and 66. 34