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GIGGLE WATER

48. RATAFIA DE CAFE

Take Yt. pound of roasted coffee, ground, 2 quarts

proof spirit, 10 ounces sugar. Digest for a week.

49. RATAFIA DE CASSIS

Take 3 pounds of ripe black currants,

dram cloves,

Y^ dram cinnamon, 9 pints proof spirit,

pounds sugar.

Digest for a fortnight.

50. RATAFIA DES CERISES

Take 4 pounds morello cherries, with their kernels

bruised, 4 pints proof spirit. Digest for a month, strain

with expression, and then add ^ pound of sugar.

51. RATAFIA DE CHOCOLAT

Take i ounce Curagoa cocoanuts rested, Yz pouiid

West India cocoanuts, roasted, i gallon proof spirit.

Digest for a fortnight, strain, and then add pounds

sugar, 30 drops tincture of vanilla.

52. DRY OR SHARP RATAFIA

Take 15 pounds of cherries, 15 pounds of gooseberries,

2,Y2 pounds mulberries, 5 pounds raspberries. Pick all