1928 The bon Vivant's Companion (7th printing 1934) by Jerry Thomas

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Shrubs
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CHERRY SHRUB
Pick ripe acid cherries from the stem, and put them in an
earthen pot; place that in an iron pot of water; boil till the
juice is extracted; strain it through a cloth thick enough to
retain the pulp, and sweeten it to your taste. When perfectly
clear, bottle it, sealing the cork. By first putting a gill of
brandy into each bottle, it will keep through the
is delicious mixed with water.Irish or Monongahela whiskey
will answer instead of brandy,though not as good.
WHITE CURRANT SHRUB
Strip the fruit, and prepare in a jar, as for jelly; strain the
juice, of which put two quarts to one gallon of rum,and two
pounds of lump sugar; strain through a jelly bag.
CURRANT SHRUB
One pint of sugar. One pint of strained currant
juice.
Bon,it gently eight or ten minutes,skimming it well; take
it off and,when lukewarm,add half a gill of brandy to every
pint of shrub. Bottle tight.
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