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PORT WINE NEGUS
Porteree.
(Use large bar-glass.)
This is the same as the Porter Sangaree.
Port Wine Negus.
(Use small bar-glass.)
Take 1 wine-glass of Port wine.
1 tea-spoonful of sugar.
Fill tumbler one-third full with hot water, and grate
a little nutmeg on top before serving.
(Genpral rule for preparing a quantity.)
1 quart of boiling water.
~ of a pound of loaf-sugar.
1 lemon.
Grated nutmeg to taste.
To every pint of. Port wine allow:
Port Vline Negus.
Put the wine i nt o a j u g , rub some lumps o f sugar
(equal to one-quarter of a pound
) on the lemon rind
until all the yellow part of the ski n is absorbed, then
squeeze the juice and strain it .
A d d t h e s u ga r and
lemon-juice to tbe Port wine, with the grated nutmeg;
pour over it the boilimg water, cover the jug, and when
the beverage has cooled a little, it will be fit for use.
Negus may also be made of Sherry, or any other
sweet wine, but it is more usually made of Port.
This is an English beverage, and derives its name
from Colonel Negus, who is said to have invented it.
Ha v e l o c k T o b a c c o s .
I' inest Q uality.