MODERN A.MERicAN DRINKS.
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Cincinnati.
A
glass half-full of lemon soda; then fill with
draught beer.
, Cherry Brandy.
Ten pounds of ripe wild cherries are freed from
their pits, the pits are pulverized, aud, with the
cherries and one gallon brandy, placed in a demi–
john or a covered stone jar for eight weeks. Add
two pounds refined sugar, filter through filtering–
paper, bottle; bnt use only after it has been bot–
tled at least six weeks.
Claret Lemonade.
Make a plain, sweet lemonade, add a jigger of
claret before shaking; decorate with fruit. Serve
straws.
Mulled Claret.
Put in a dish four lumps sugar, two jiggers
claret, the juice of a quarter of a lemon, a little
powdei:edallspice, three cloves, a small stick cin–
nc1mon. Bring the above to the boiling point, then
strain into a hot-drink glass, and add a slice of
lemon .
Mulled
Claret and Egg.
Prepare same as Mulled Claret, leaving out the
lump sugar. Boil the mixture one minute. Beat
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