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Let it stand in front of the fire to infuse for some
hours ; then strain and put it into a clear syrup
made by boiling together three pounds of sugar and
three pints of water ; add two tablespoonfuls of
orange-flower water, and stir the mixture over the fire
for a few minutes. Strain through a jelly-bag, and
bottle when cold.
A more potent punch can be made from the
same recipe as the Oxford Punch, by leaving out
the calves'-feet jelly, and substituting green tea
for water. And this sort is invariably drunk hot.
Mix three wine-glasses of noyeau with the
original recipe and it is entitled to the name of
Noyeau Punch.
Omit the rum, brandy, and shrub, and sub
stitute two bottles of gin, and it becomes
Gin Punch.
If I could only afford to keep a secretary, a
clever stenographer and type-writer, I might be
able to supply the world with gratuitous recipes
for cooling cups, dainty drinks, and peerless
punches, and earn, maybe, the thanks of both
Houses of Parliament, and a granite bust on the
Thames Embankment or in Shaftesbury Avenue.
It is entirely due to lack of funds that I am
issuing hooks on the subject of meat and drink ;
and I will now proceed to enlighten the thousands
of alleged bons-vivantSy who ask questions as to
the concoction of
Milk Punch.
There are many recipes for this seductive drink,
each one better than its predecessor.