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Home-made Beverages.
Acidulated Alksdi.
Rub 8 oz. of loaf sugar on the rinds of 5 large
fresh lemons till all the zest is extracted, then
pound and sift it, add 4 oz. each of bicarbonate
of soda and tartaric acid, and store in an air
tight bottle. When required, stir 2teaspoonfuls
of the powder into a tumbler of water,and drink
while effervescing.
Ale Berry.
Soak 2 table-spoonfuls of oatmeal groats in a
gill of water for an hour, then strain into a
saucepan, add i pint of boiling ale or porter and
sugar and ground ginger to taste. Boil gently
for ten minutes, then serve.
Ale Flip.
Boil IJ pints of ale, i oz. of butter, half a
blade of mace, a clove, and J oz. of sugar to
gether, then pour on to a well beaten egg mixed
with a spoonful of cold ale. Whisk well until
frothy, then serve at once.
Ale Jingle.
Put a roasted apple and 2 slices of plum cake
into a pint jug,fill up with hot ale, add sugar and
grated nutmeg to taste, and serve.
Ale Mulled (No. 1).
Beat the yolk of a large egg, a teaspoonful of
sugarand a table-spoonful of cream together,add
half a pint of hot ale, stir over the fire till the
mixture is thick, but not boiling, add grated
nutmeg to taste, and serve.
Ale Mulled(No.2).
Boil a pint of ale with 2 cloves, a small piece
of root ginger, 2 teaspoonfuls of sugar and i oz.
butter together, and pour gradually on to 3 eggs
beaten up with a table-spoonful of cold ale.
Pour the mixture rapidly from one jug into
another until well frothed, heat it again, talcing
care that it does not boil,add a table-spoonful of
brandy, and serve.