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PUNCH
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NUREMBURGH PUNCH
For a party of fifteen
From a recipe in the possession of
Hon. Gulian C.Verplanck
Take three-quarters of a poimd of loaf sugar, press upon it,
through muslin,the juice of two or more good-sized oranges;
add a little of the peel, cut very thin, pour upon a quart of
boiling water, the third part of that quantity of Batavia
arrack, and a bottle of hot, but not boiling, red or white
French wine — red is best. Stir together. This is excellent,
when cold, and will improve by age.
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UNITED SERVICE PUNCH
Dissolve,in two pints of hot tea, three-quarters of a pound
of loaf sugar, having previously rubbed off, with a portion
of the sugar, the peel of four lemons; then add the juice of
eight lemons, and a pint of arrack.
RUBY PUNCH
Dissolve, in three pints of hot tea, one pound of sugar;
add thereto the juice of six lemons, a pint of arrack, and a
pint of port wine.
12 A noted New York politician before the Civil War. The Whigs
nominated him for Mayor in 1834, the first year that official was elected
by popular vote, but he was defeated by the Tammany candidate, Law
rence. The voting was in progress for three days, and there was much
serious rioting, which was finally quelled by the National Guard. Rioters
who attacked the office of the \^ig newspaper. The Courier & Enqtdrer,
at No. .i;8 Wall Street, carried a huge cross, after the fashion of the modern
Ku Klux
Klan.Itwas burned in Broadway, near old Trinity Church.
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