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KECIPES FOE TEN GALLONB EAOU.
145. Eau d'AbriCOtS, (Apricot"Water.)
80 apricots, very ripe.
Cut in small pieces, and boil them up -with 4 gallons of
•white
■wine; strain, and add Ie gallon of white plain
syrup (see No. 7) ; ^ an ounce of tincture of cinnamon,
and 4J gallons of alcohol, 95 per cent.; filter after t'wo
■weeks.
146. Eau d'Absinthe. (Abaintho "Water.)
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22 ounces of worm-wood.
Macerate 24 hours with 3 gallons of alcohol, 95 per
cent., and SJ gallons of Avater (see No. 5). Distil from olf
the water 3 gallons of flavoredspirit, and add 8 lbs. of sugar
dissolved in 6^ gallons of water; filter, and color green
■with tincture of saffron and indigo. (See No. 90.)
147. Eau d'AniS. (Water of Anise-seed.)
1 ounce of oil of anise-seed dissolved in 3 gallons of alco
hol, 95 per cent.; then add 8 lbs. of sugar dissolved in 6^
gallons of -water, and filter. (See No. 3.)
148. Eau d'Anis Compose. (Compound "Water of Anise-
seed.)
1lb. of green anise-seed.
T lb. of star anise-seed.
1lb. of angelica seed.
Grind; macerate for 24 hours "with 3 gallons of alcohol,
95 per cent., and 3^ gallons of water (see No. 5) ; distil
from off the Aviter 3 gallons flavored spirit, and add 3 lbs.
of sugar dissolved in 6^ gallons of water; then filter.
(See No. 3.)