Spons' Household Manual: A treasury of domestic receipts and a guide for home management
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Spons' Household Manual: A treasury of domestic receipts and a guide for home management
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(_d_) 2 oz. each essence of bitter oranges and neroli; ¼ oz. essence
of cinnamon; 3 dr. mace infused in alcohol. Dissolve the above
essences in 1 gal. 95 per cent. alcohol, then put in a clean barrel
13 gal. 85 per cent. alcohol, 26 gal. sugar syrup 30° B., and add 1
gal. perfumed spirit. Colour with saffron or turmeric.
_Curaçao Cordial._--Oil of orange, very fresh, 1 dr.; oil of
cinnamon, 1 drop; oil of juniper berries, 2 drops; oil of coriander
seed, 2 drops; deodorised alcohol, 3 pints; simple syrup, 2 pints;
water, sufficient to complete 1 gal. Mix the alcohol with an equal
volume of water, and add the mixture slowly to the essential oils
previously rubbed in a mortar with carbonate of magnesia or phosphate
of lime. Transfer the whole to a bottle, and set it aside with
occasional agitation, for 2 or 3 days. Then add the simple syrup,
the remainder of the water, and filter through paper. This gives the
_white cordial_; for the _red_, infuse in the alcoholic menstruum
about 2 dr. of cudbear.
_Currant Ratafia._--1 qt. black currant juice, 1 dr. cinnamon, ½ dr.
cloves, ½ dr. peach kernels, 1 gal. brandy, 3 lb. white sugar; digest
for fortnight, and strain through flannel.
_Dorée._-½ oz. cinnamon, ½ oz. bitter orange peel; ½ oz. Peruvian
bark, ¼ oz. hay saffron, 3 qt. brandy, 3 qt. Malaga wine; digest for
a week, strain, and add 2 lb. lump sugar.
_Dry Ratafia._--5 pints gooseberry juice, 1 pint cherry juice, 1 pint
strawberry juice, 1 pint raspberry juice, 6 qt. proof spirit, 7 lb.
sugar; macerate.
_Elixir Vitæ._--Macerate for 10 days, in 5 gal. pure spirits, 1 oz.
zedoary root, 1 oz. ginger root, ½ oz. gentian root, ½ oz. agaric,
¼ oz. rhubarb root. Strain off the clear tincture, and add 2½ gal.
water and ½ gal. syrup.
_Extract Bishop_ or _Glow-wine_.--1 lb. tincture of Curaçao peel, ¼
lb. tincture of orange buds. Dissolve in the same 5 drops of the oil
of nutmegs, 10 drops of the oil of cloves, 20 drops of the oil of
cinnamon. Mix them together, and add about ½ gal. sugar syrup.
_Extract Punch._-½ oz. essence of Jamaica rum, 1 oz. tartaric acid,
1 gal. sugar syrup, 2 gal. pure spirits, 10 drops oil of lemon.
Dissolve the oil of lemon and essence of rum in the spirits, and the
tartaric acid in a little water, before adding all together.
_Four-fruit Ratafia._--30 lb. cherries, 15 lb. gooseberries, 8 lb.
raspberries, 7 lb. black currants; express the juice, and add 6 oz.
sugar to each pint, with 6 gr. cinnamon, 3 gr. mace, and 3 gr. cloves.
_Ginger Brandy._--1 lb. essence of ginger, 20 drops oil of bergamot,
¼ lb. tartaric acid, 1 gal. elderberry juice, 1 gal. syrup of gum
arabic, 4 bar. pure spirits.
_Ginger Cordial._--To 1 qt. essence of ginger add 1 gal. pure spirit
and 1 gal. white-sugar syrup.
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