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loaf sugar on
it.
The juice of six lemons and
one Seville orange, one b ottle of capillaire,
and a quarter of
a
pound of loaf sugar. Put
the whole into a jug, and when well mixed pour
upon it three pints of boiling water. Cover
the jug close, and keep it near the fire
a
quarter
of an hour. Then add three ounces of sweet
and half an ounce of bitter almonds, blanched
and pouuded fine in a mortar, and gradualJ '.
mixecl with a bottle of white brandy .,
!
·
~t1r
it well, and if s ufficientl y sweet it
may be
used immedi ately .
EGG
PUNCH.
One quart of cold water, the JUICe of six
lemon s and six pot oranges, four glasses of
calves-feet
j elly
in a liquid state; s tir
th e
whole well tog·e th er; let it rema in covered
over for ha lf an hour; then strain it through
a hair sievP, a nd add to it one bottle of ca_
pillaire, two glasses of sherry, half a pint of
brandy, and one bottle of ora nge sltrul
l.