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BOWLS.

466. lBowl

a

la l?arisienne.

(FOR TWELVE.)

A large bowl, containing about two gallons; the juice of six

peeled lemons, the juice of six peeled oranges, one pound of

pulverized sugar, two quarts of champagne, two quarts of Bur–

gundy; dissolve this exceedingly well; add a bottle of Jamaica

rum, half a bottle of brandy, a whiskey-tumbler of chartreuse

(green or yellow), three ponies of bened1ctine, two ponies of

cura<;ao, two ponies of maraschino, one bottle of plain soda, or

other mineral water. You may add a small pineapple, peeled

and sliced. Mix this well, and have it cold on a large piece

of ice; serve in fine glasses.

467.

l!laspberr~

lBowl.

The same recipe as for a strawberry bowl, only raspberries in–

instead of strawberries.

468. lllesHra lBowl.

On a dry, sunny day pluck a little basket of fully developed

mignonette blossoms; free them from all green leaves; cut the

stalks off to the blossoms, and look carefully that no insects or

small caterpillars are on them; then place them in a tureen; in–

fuse them for twelve hours, well covered in half a pint of arrack

or brandy and half a bottle of Rhine wine; strain through flan–

nel; add three bottles of Rhine wine; sweeten to taste; put it on

ice, and add, before serving, a bottle of champagne or Seltzer.

469. tllum .flip.

Heat three-fourths of a pint of ale; beat three or four eggs

with four ounces of pulverized sugar, a teaspoonful of pulver–

ized ginger, a little grated nutmeg and a finely chopped lemon–

peel and a gill of old Jamaica rum to a consistent foam; add

the nearly boiling ale, while constantly stirring, and pour the

beverage a few times from one vessel into another; serve in

glasses.