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454. Ratafia of Green "Walnut Shells,
200 w.alnuts, 10 pints of brandy, 4 lbs. of sugar, 1
drachm of nutmeg, 1 drachm of cloves. Choose 200 Aval-
nuts so young that a pin may easily go through them;
pound them in a mortar, and infuse them in the brandy,
with the nutmeg and cloves,for a month; after that time
strain the mixture through a flannel bag,filter, and bot
tle it.
455. Angelica Ratafia.
4 ounces of angelica-seed, 2 ounces ofthe roots ofangel
ica, 10 jiints of brandy, 1 drachm of cloves, 1 drachm of
cinnamon, 4 pounds of sugar. Pound the ingredients
coarsely; dissolve the sugar in water, and add it to the
mixture; infuse it in the brandy for a month; strain it
through a bag and filter it.
456. Ratafia of Red. Pinks.
3 lbs. of iiinks, 10 jiints of brandy, 4 lbs. of sugar, 1
drachm of cloves, 1 drachm of cinnamon. Pick oif the
green from your pinks, pound the leaves, and infuse them
for a month in the brandy, with the cloves and cinnamon;
after this draw off the liquor and filter it.
457. Balm of Molucca,
1 drachm of mace,shreded.
1 ounce ofcloves, bruised.
1 gallon of clean spirit (22 under proof).
Macerate for a week in a well-corked demijohn or jar,
frequently shaking (see No. 5); color with coloring (see
No. 88), and add lbs. of lump sugar dissolved in ^ a
gallon ofpure soft loater.
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