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NEGUS
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HIS is an English beverage and derives its name from
Colonel Negus ^ who is said to have invented it. It may be
made of sherry or any other sweet wine, but it is more
usually made of port.
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PORT WINE NEGUS
To every pint of port wine One-quarter pound of loaf
allow.
sugar.
One quart of boiling water. One lemon.
Grated nutmeg to taste.
Put the wine into a jug, rub some lumps of sugar (equal to
one-fourth pound)on the lemon rind until all the yellow part
of the skin is absorbed, then squeeze the juice and strain it.
Add the sugar and lemon juice to the port wine, with the
grated nutmeg; pour over it the boiling water, cover the
jug, and when the beverage has cooled a little, it will be
fit for use.
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PORT WINE NEGUS
Another recipe
One wineglass of port wine. One teaspoonful of sugar.
Fill tumbler one-third full with hot water.
1 Colonel Francis Negus, of the English Army, who died in 1732.
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