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BOWLS.

441. <!forhinal.

Peel four bitter oranges with a sharp knife, very carefully;

infuse the peel with four bottles of Rhine wine for ten hours;

sweeten with one and a half pounds of sugar; put it on ice;

strain and serve.

442. '.1\notl)cr.

Take two bitter and two sweet oranges; rub the rind of them

on one and a half pounds of lump-sugar; put the sugar in a

bowl; press the juice of the two sweet oranges over it; add a

bottle of white wine; put it on ice; strain and serve.

443. '.1\notlJcr.

Peel three small oranges; put the rind in a bowl and pour a

bottle of Moselle wine over it; strain the wine after eight hours;

press the juice of seven or eight oranges on two pounds of lump–

sugar; let the sugar melt in the first bottle of Moselle wine;

add three others and a bottle of port wine; a little ananas

syrup will increase exceedingly the taste of the bowl.

444.

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l''.1\mfritptc.

Peel three or four fresh celery-roots; cut them into thin

slices; cover them in a bowl thickly with powdered suga r; in–

fuse with half a bottle of brandy, arrack, or rum, well cover–

ed, for twelve hours; strain, and add four bottles of Rhin e

wine and one bottle of champagne; put it for two hours on ice,

and add, before serving, a scoop of fine ice.

445.

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JBowl.

Make an extract of a spoonful of green tea in a half-pint of

boiling water; let it stand for fifteen minutes ; pour it into

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bowl; add six ounces of lump-sugar, one bottle of cider, two

wineglassfuls of brandy, half a pint of cold water, a couple of

fresh cucumber slices, some leaves of borage, and two leaves of

Roman

sa~e,

and place the bowl on

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