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THE BON VIVANT'S COMPANION
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CAPILLAIRE
Another recipe
To one gallon of water add twenty-eight pounds of loaf
sugar; put both over the fire to simmer; when milk-warm
add the whites of four or five eggs, well beaten; as these
simmer with the syrup, skim it well; then pour it off, and
flavor it with orange flower water or bitter almonds, which
ever you prefer.
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PUNCH A LA ROMAINE
For a party of fifteen
Take the juice of ten lemons and two sweet oranges, dissolve
it in two pounds of powdered sugar, and add the thin rind
of an orange; run this through a sieve, and stir in by degrees
the whites of ten eggs, beaten into a froth. Put the bowl
with the mixture into an ice pail, let it freeze a little, then
stir briskly into it a bottle of wine and a bottle of rum.
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TEA PUNCH
Make an infusion of the best green tea, an ounce to a quart
of boiling water; put before the fire a silver or other metal
bowl, to become quite hot, and then put into it:
One-half pint of good One-quarter pound of lump
brandy.
sugar.
One-half pint of rum.
The juice of a large lemon.
Set these alight, and pour in the tea gradually, mixing
it from time to time with a ladle; it will remain burning for
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