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THE FLOWING BOWL
8, and last. The best recipe for milk punch
extant. Over the yellow rinds of four lemons and
one Seville orange pour one pint of rum. Let it
stand, covered over, for twelve hours. Strain and
mix in two pints more of rum, one pint of brandy,
one pint of sherry, half a pint of lemon juice, the
expressed juice of a peeled pine-apple, one pint of
green tea, one pound of sugar dissolved in one quart
of boiling water, the whites of two eggs beaten up,
one quart of boiling milk. Mix well, let it cool,
strain through a jelly-bag, and drink, or bottle off.
Restorative Punch.
[This is another Oxford recipe, and used to be
the favourite potion of the embryo Gladstones
and Roseberies, before proceeding to discuss the
affairs of the nation at the "LTnion." There is
" no offence in't."j
Extract the juice from the peeling of one Seville
orange and one lemon ; the juice of six Seville
oranges and six lemons, six glasses of calves'-feet
jelly in a liquid state, and about half a pound of
loaf-sugar ; put the whole into a jug, pour on it one
quart of boiling water, and then add one pint of old
brandy. Stir well together, and use.
Almond Punch,
Extract the juice from the peeling of one Seville
orange and one lemon by rubbing loaf-sugar on
them; the juice of six lemons and one Seville
orange, one bottle of capillaire, and a quarter of a
pound of loaf-sugar. Put the whole into a jug, and
when well mixed pour upon it three pints of boiling