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l'RUI'?
B~GBS.
89
FIG AND APPL& DllINL
Into
half
a.
gallon of water, boiling, put eight
figs
cut open,
and two or
three
apples cut up ;
boil
half
a.n
hour, and
strain
when
cold.
TAMARIND DalN.L
Pour a pint of boiling water on a spoonful
of
ta.ma.rinds, adding
white
·sugar
and lemon–
peel
if
required ;
strain
and cool for
118e.
A
most pleasant and refreshing drink
in
hot
weather, or
in
cases of
illness.
.CRANBERRY
DRINX.
'
Put a te.eupful
of cranberries
into
a cup
of
.water, and mash them. .
Boil,
in
the mean–
time, two quarts of water with ·one large spoon–
ful of
oatmeal,
and •
bit
er
lemon-peel ;
add •
the cranberries,
and
sugar, (but not
too
much:
otherwise
the fine sharpnese
of
the
fruit
will
be
destroyed,) according
to
tute ;
boil
for
hal{.
an-hour, and straiu.
·
.