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SEE I'AGKS I to 6.

and put the spirit to the milk, stirring it for a short

time; let it stand for an hour, but do not suffer any

one of delicate appetite to see the melange in its pres

ent state, as the sight might create a distaste for the

punch when perfected. Filter through blotting-paper

into bottles; and should you find that the liquid is

cloudy, which it should not be, you may clarify it by

a small portion of isinglass to each bottle. The above

receipt will furnish you with half a dozen of punch.

26. Punch a la Ford,

The late General Ford, who for many years was the

commanding engineer at Dover, kept a most hospitable

board, and used to make punch on a large scale, after

the following method :

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He would select three dozen of lemons, the coats of

- ^vhich were smooth,and whose rinds were not too thin;

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,|.e,e he would peel with• sl."P

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earthen vessel, taking care that none ^he rind should

be detached but that portion m which the

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placed, containing the essential od; when he had com-

ied the first part of the process, he added two pounds

lump-sugar, and stirred the peel and sugar together

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hour, thereby e.xtracting a greater qua y

,o».i.l oil. Boiling water wa, »e« ^

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and the whole well stirred, until the sugar was

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completely dissolved. me

Soueezed the juice strained from the kernels, these

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a 1„,T md boiling water poured

were placed in a separate jug,

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„ fioop thp nins were

' p' eral being aware that the pips were

upon them, the General be g

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iw miicila^'"e, full of flavor , halt

enveloped in a thick muciiaoe,

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,1,wrtvvn in: and as soon as the

lemon juice was now thrown i ,

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