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SUMMER DRINKS
How to mix: Peel the lemons, and put the
rind in a bowl with the sugar; macerate them
well, so as to extract the flavour from the lemon-
peel. Then squeeze in the juice of the lemons,
add the two bottles of soda-water, and stir till the
sugar is dissolved; next add the syrup of orgeat,
and whip well with an egg-whisk, so as to
whiten the mixture. Now add the maraschino,
rum and brandy, and strain the whole into the
punch-bowl. Just before serving add the cham
pagne (which should be well iced), and in doing
so stir well with the ladle, so as to render the
cup creamy and mellow. The above is for a
party of thirty; for a smaller number reduce
the ingredients in proportion.
Crimean.
Another Mixture (for party of five).
Put the peel of half a lemon or orange into a
bowl, add a tablespconful of icing sugar, one
wineglass of maraschino, half a wineglass of
cura9oa, and half a wineglass of brandy. Mix
well together; then add two bottles of soda-
water, one bottle of champagne, and a lump of
ice, working the whole up and down.
Freemason.
Put into a bowl one pint of Scotch ale, one
pint of mild ale, half a pint of brandy, one pint
of sherry, and half a pound of icing sugar ; mix
well together, grate a nutmeg on the top, and
put in a lump of ice.