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CIIOICE RECIPES
Dissolve oil in spir its; add t he syrup ;
shak e well th e whole; fi ne wit h alum
and tartar if not bright in a f ew hours.
Cordial Syrup.
Lump sugar, 35 lbs.
Boiling wat er, 3 gallons.
D issolve sugar in wat er and strain
into vessel t hrou gh fl annel.
Curacoa Cordial.
i
Orange p eel, 1 lb.
t
Whit e syrup,
6
gallons.
f.
Oranges, 16.
Gr ound cinnamon,
1/
1
lb.
Boil 5 minutes and put in 3 gallons
pure spirits, 95 per cent above. Filter
throu gh fl annel and bottl e.
Ginger, Syrup No.
1.
Tincture of gin ger, 12 oz.
W hite syrup, 1 gallon.
If
cloudy, str ain.
Ginger, Syrup No. 2.
.Jamaica ginger, 2 oz.
Boiling water, 1 quart.
Put ginger in wat er and · let stand
1 day in a tight vessel. St r ain, a dd 3
lbs crushed sugar ancl boil to a syr up.
Ginger, Brandy, Cordial.
.Jamai ca ginger,
1h
lb. bruised and
steep ed into 1 gallon of str ong brandy
fo r 2 weeks, shaki ng it fr equently dur–
ing that time. St rain this through mu s–
l in and t ake th e ginger left in the mu s·
Jin and put it into a gallon of b oilin g
wat er and let simmer over a gent le
:fire for 20 minutes and strain. Then
p ut in 10 lb s of fin e sugar.
Ginger, Gin, Cordial.
Prepar e th e same as Brandy Ginger
( see n ext abov e), substituting
(0.
P.)
gin f or brandy.