1896 Fancy Drinks and Poplular Beverages by the only William (paper cover)

LIQUORS AND RATAFIAS.

big earthen jug; mash in another pot one-sixteenth ounce of

cloves, one-sixteenth ounce of mace, half an ounce of cinna–

mon, one-third ounce of coriander, one-eighth ounce of fennel ,

one-sixteenth ounce of Jamaica pepper, the pits of twelve apri–

cots, the pits of twenty sour cherri·es, and six bitter almonds;

mix the two mashes well; add two and a half quarts of sugar

syrup, fill all into a large jug, close with a skin, and place it a

fortnight near the stove. Then filter the juice through a linen

bag, squeeze the remnants well; add

quart of best brandy to

each quart of juice; place t he mixture again for a .fortnight near

the stove; filter and bottle.

262. JfrmclJ lllatafia

aux

®uatre Jfrnits.

Mash ten pounds of sour cherries, eight pounds of red and

two pounds of black currants, and ten pounds of raspberries; let

them stand for a few days in the cellar; squeeze the juice, add

the same quantity of cognac, and to each quart of the mixture

one-fourth pound of refined sugar; mix all well; let the ratafia

stand fm· a week at least; filter and bottle.

263. '.2\.notl1er.

Mix one quart of fresh raspberry-juice, one quart of cherry–

juice, one quart each of the juice of red and black currants; to

each quart of juice add three quarts of cognac, seven ounces of

broken lump-sugar, three cloves; expose the mixture in a large

glass bottle to the sunlight until it is absolutely clear; filter and

bottle.

264. <Win.

A very strong liquor manufactured in Holland (Holland gin),

and England (Old Tom gin), which is distilled from juniperus

berries, and is used mainly by sailors as a warming beverage,

and is good for the stomach, a nd against scurvy. In Schie–

dam, Delft and Rotterdam, gin is manufactured in large quanti–

ties; in Schiedam there are more than

300

distilleries.