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MISCELLANEOUS
VALUABLE
RECEIPTS.
57
No.
94.
•
Ginger
Beer
—
a
pleasant
beverage.
Take
10
pounds
white
sugar.
9
iluidouuces
lemon-juice.
1
pound
honey.
11
ounces
ginger,
(ground.)
Boil
the
ginger
in
3
gallons
water
for
J
hour;
then
add
the
sugar,
the
lemon-juice,
and
the
rest
of
the
water,
and
strain
through
a
cloth.
"When
cold,
add
the
white
of
an
Qgg,
J
fluidounce
essence
of
lemon.
After
standing
4
days,
it
may
be
bottled
off.
A
glass
of
this
on
a
hot
day,
with
a
lump
of
ice
in
it,
is
very
refreshing.
No.
95.
JToio
to
make
Ginger
Beer
Powders.
Take
1
ounce
and
54
grains
(apothecaries')
bicar-
bonate
of
soda,
reduce
it
to
powder,
and
divide
into
16
papers
;
to
each
paper
add
5
grains
ground
ginger,
and
a
draclim
of
white
sugar.
Then
take
1
ounce
tartaric
acid,
which
powder
divide
into
16
parcels,
and
do
it
up
in
separate
papers.
Two
of
these
papers
will
make
a
pint
of
beer.
Dissolve
the
soda
in
2
gills
of
water
in
one
glass,
and
the
acid
in
2
gills
in
another
glass;
pour
them
together,
and
B\\-allow
quickly.
No.
96.
How
to
make
Ginger-
Pop.
Take
2
gallons
hot
water,
(boiling;)
mix
2
ounces
ground
ginger
and
the
peel
of
2
lemons,
1
teaspoon-