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SOME
OTHER
CORDIALS
AND
BITTERS.
"
There
is
no nation
yet
knonjon
in
either
hemisphere
^here
the
people
oj
all
conditions
are
more
in
<want
of
some
cordial
to
keep
up
their
spirits
than
in
this
of
ours.*''
—
Swift.
THE
following
recipes
are
for
the
making
or
cordials
by
simple
mixing
without
distil-
lation.
Nearly
all
require
straining,
and
some
may
require
to
be
filtered
through
filter-paper.
To
make
Angostura
Bitters.—
Digest
for
a
month,
in
a
covered
vessel,
a
mixture
of
a
gallon
of
rectified
spirits,
a
gallon
and
a
half
of
water,
two
ounces
of
orange-peel,
an
ounce
and
a
quarter
of
angostura
bark,
three-quarters
of
an
ounce
each
of
alkanet
root
and
red
sanderswood,
half
an
ounce
of
gentian
root,
two
drams
each
of
cardamoms,
Turkey
rhubarb,
cinnamon,
caraway,
coriander,
and
worm-
wood,
and
fifteen
grains
of
turmeric.
Strain,
and
add
a
pound
of
honey.
Filter,
and
bottle.
To
make
Balm
of
Molucca.
—
Digest
for
a
month,
in
a
covered
vessel,
a
mixture
of
a
gallon
of
rectified
spirits,
a
gallon
of
water,
an
ounce
of
cloves,
and
two
drams
of
mace.
Filter,
and
add
a
gallon
of
syrup
(containing
eight
pounds
of
sugar)
and
two
quarts
of
water.
To
make
Brandy
Shrub.
—
Digest
for
a
month
a
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