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Home-made Beverages.
water. When cold, strain, add a sliced and
peeled peach, or 4 or 5 strawberries, a pint of
good old Jamaica rum, and a little shaved icc
and serve.
Treacle Posset.
Boil half a pint of new milk, add two table-
spoonfuls of treacle, and boil till the curd
separates from the whey. Strain, and serve
hot. Thisis an old-fasliioned remedy for a cold.
Turnip Wine.
Peel and slice the turnips, strew a little sugar
over them, and leave them until next day.
then press out the juice, put it into a clean
cask,and to every gallon add 3lb. of loaf sugar,
and half a pint of brandy. Keep the cask filled
up, and when the fermentation has quite ceased,
bung tightly and leave for three months, then
bottle off, and in a year the wine will be ready
for use.
Van der Hum.
Puttwo quartsofgood brandyinto ajar with 10
cloves, 3 inches of bruised cinnamon, a quarter
of a nutmeg grated, 3 oz. of thinly pared orange
rind and a pound of brown cane sugar. Close
the jar tightly, and infuse for 6 weeks, shaking
occasionally, then filter, and to every quart of
liquid add a gUl of good old Jamaica rum, and
store in airtight bottles.
Vanilla Ratafia.
Put one and a half oz. each of blanched and
pounded sweet almonds into a jar with a quart
of good brhndy,8 oz. sugar candy,and 2 vanilla
pods broken into short lengths. Close the jar
tightly and infuse for a fortnight, shaking
occasionally, then filter and bottle.
Vanilla Syrup.
Break two vanilla pods into small pieces and
put them into a pan with a pound of cane sugar
and a pint of water. Bring very slowly to
boiling point, and simmer for twenty minutes,
removing the scum as it rises, then add a gill
of brandy,and store in an airtight bottle. When
required dilute to taste with plain or aerated
water.