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COTS AND THEIB CUSTOMS.
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liqueur-glass of orange-brandy half a liqueur-glass of
Curagoa, and before drinking add a bottle of selteer-
water, a sprig of mint, and two or three lumps of ice.
The
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Field" Cider Cup.
Mix together two quarts of old bottled elder sweeten
to taste, taking care that the sugar is perfectly melted^
add half a nutmeg grated; a little powdered ginger, a
glass of brandy, a glass of noyau, cut a lemon into it
in moderately thin slices, and let it remain there.
Make it two hours before wanted, and stand in some
ice. There is no better recipe than the above,
WMie's Club Mouse Cup.
Three bottles of claret, one bottle of water, one wine-
glass of Madeira, a liqueur-glass of Maraschino, four
sweet oranges, three thin slices of cucumber or a piece
of borage, half a pint of sirup, the flower and young
part of borage, orange sliced with the peel
;
let it stand
for three hours, then stir the sirup in one pound of
sugar to half a pint of water, boiled till it thickens.
Loving Cup.
One pint of mountain wine, one of Madeira, and one
of Lisbon, one bottle of champagne, one liqueur-glass
of pale brandy, three thin slices of lemon, sugar, nut-
meg. Ice to taste.
Djonka {a Russian Beverage)*
One pound and a half of lump sugar in very large