Spons' Household Manual: A treasury of domestic receipts and a guide for home management
General
Spons' Household Manual: A treasury of domestic receipts and a guide for home management
Home economics
(_c_) To 12 gal. cherry juice, add 30 gal. 80 per cent. spirit; 30
gal. Catalonia or Marseilles wine; 3 oz. essence of noyeau; ½ lb.
cinnamon ground and infused in ½ gal. water; ½ lb. cloves ground and
infused in ½ gal. water; 1½ oz. mace infused in 1 pint 95 per cent.
alcohol. Mix all the above ingredients in a clean barrel, and add 60
gal. sugar syrup 13° B. Stir up all the ingredients well together,
and filter after 4 or 5 days. Make the colour a little darker with
sugar colouring, and to give a good shade add a little orchil.
_Cherry Brandy._--(_a_) 1 lb. essence of cherry, ¼ lb. essence of
pineapple, ¼ oz. oil of cinnamon, ¼ oz. oil of cloves, 4 bar. pure
rectified spirits, 2 gal. cherry juice.
(_b_) Mash 16 lb. of black cherries with their stones; 5 gal. 95 per
cent. alcohol. Macerate for 2 weeks; press; then add 10 lb. sugar,
dissolved in 3⅜ gal. water. Filter.
_Cherry Cordial._--Good French brandy, 1 qt.; juice of cherries, 1
qt.; best white sugar, finely powdered, 2 lb. Add the sugar to the
juice and stir until it is thoroughly dissolved; add the brandy, and
filter through blotting-paper.
_Cherry Ratafia._--8 lb. Morella cherries with kernels bruised, 1
gal. brandy or proof spirit, 2 lb. sugar; as currant.
_Cinnamon._--Usually made from cassia bark or oil (1 oz. oil = 8 lb.
bark or buds), with 2 lb. sugar per gal., adding 5 or 6 drops each
of essence of lemon and orange peel, with a spoonful of essence of
cardamoms per gal. About 1 fl. dr. of the cassia oil suffices for 2½
gal. Colour with burnt sugar.
_Cinnamon Brandy._--1 lb. essence of cinnamon, ½ lb. essence of
cherry, 1 gal. syrup of gum arabic, 4 bar. pure spirits.
_Citron._--From the oil or peel, with 3 lb. sugar per gal.
_Citronelle._--(_a_) 2 oz. fresh orange peel, 4 oz. fresh lemon peel,
½ dr. cloves, 1 dr. coriander seed, 1 dr. cinnamon, 4 pints proof
spirit; digest for 10 days, add 1 qt. water, and distil to ½ gal.;
add 2 lb. white sugar dissolved in 1 qt. water.
(_b_) 1 dr. essence of lemon, ½ dr. essence of orange, 10 drops clove
oil, 10 drops cassia oil, 20 drops coriander oil, 5 pints spirit 58
o.p.; agitate till dissolved; add 3 pints distilled or soft water;
well mix, filter through paper, if necessary; finally add q.s.
dissolved sugar.
_Clairet._--1 oz. aniseed, 1 oz. fennel seed, 1 oz. coriander seed,
1 oz. caraway seed, 1 oz. dill seed, 1 oz. candy-carrot seed, ½ gal.
proof spirit; digest for a week, strain, and add 1 lb. loaf sugar
dissolved in water.
_Clove._--1 oz. bruised cloves (or 1 fl. dr. essential oil), 3 gal.
proof spirit: when distilling, add some salt, and use a quick fire;
sweeten with fully 3 lb. sugar per gal.; and colour with poppy
flowers or burnt sugar; add 1 dr. bruised pimento or 5 drops of the
oil per oz. of cloves.
_Clove Brandy._--1 lb. essence of cloves, ½ lb. essence of cherry, ¼
lb. essence of ginger, 1 gal. syrup of gum arabic, 4 bar. pure spirit.
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