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THE BON VIVANT's COMPANION
Fill the tranquil bowl with ripe strawberries. Should the
strawberry season be over, or under, add a few drops of
extract of peach or vanilla.
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IMPERIAL PUNCH
One bottle 0}claret.
One liqueur glass of mara-
One bottle of soda water.
schino.
Four tablespoonfuls of pow- About one-half pound of ice.
dered white sugar.
Three or four slices of cu-
One-quarter teaspoonful of cumber rind,
grated nutmeg.
Put all the ingredients into a bowl or pitcher and mix well.
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THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT OR
VICTORIA PUNCH
For a party of twenty
Recipe from the late Wm.H. Herbert, Esq.®
Six lemons,in slices.
One pound of white sugar.
One-half gallon of brandy. One and three-quarters
One-half gallon of Jamaica quarts of water,
rum.
One pint of boiling milk.
Steep the lemons for twenty-four hours in the brandy and
rum; add the sugar, water and milk and, when well mixed,
strain through a jelly-bag.
" Probably Henry William Herbert, an English novelist and writer on
sport, who came to New York in 1831. He wrote many novels and historical
works, translated the books of Alexander Dumas and Eugene Sue, and
produced many volumes on sport under the pseudonym of Frank Forestei.
He committed suicide in New York on May 17, 1858.
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