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POLICE GAZETTE
One pint of brandy.
One pint or J amaica rum.
One gill of Batavia A1Tnc k.
One cup of stron g grcon t e a..
One quart of boiling wute1'.
Ona quart of hot milk.
Put all the materials In a clean d e mijo hn, the bo11lng
water
to
be added last· cork this down t o prnvent ovnpora–
tion, and allow the
i~gredients
to s t ee p fo r a t least s b::
hours; then nlld the hot milk and iho juico of t wo moro
lemons; mix and fllter through
a.
jolly-bag; and whe n tho
punch has passed bright, put It away in iig ht -codrnd bottlos.
This punch ls lntonded
to
bo lcod fo r
drlnkiu~.
IC intended for present use filte ring is n o t n ecessary.
Tea
Punch.
Use heated metal bow l.
Take one-half pint of good brandy.
One-half pint of rum.
One-quarter pound of loa f s ugar, dis solved
ln water.
One ounce of best gre en t oa.
One quart of boiling water.
One large lemon.
Ioruse the tea in the water. Warm a s ilver or other
metul bowl until quite hot; place in it th o bra ndy ,
rum,
s ugar, and the juice of the lemon. The o il of t ho lemon
pell! should be first obtained by rubbing w it h a fow lumps
of the s ugar. Set- the contents of the bowl on
fi l'O ;
and
while flaming pour
in
the tea gradually, s tirring wit h a
ladle.
It
will contlntte to burn
foi·
some tiruo, and s hould
be ladled Into glasses while in that condition . A heated
metal bowl
will
cause the punch to burn louge r than
if
n
<;
hii:iabow) ts 4sed.