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THE FLOWING BOWL
Rack Punch
of which Jos. Sedley partook so freely at Vaux-
hall, and which put a temporary stop to the
carryings-on of the fascinating Miss Sharp with
the susceptible Anglo-Indian, Thackeray does
not tell us if this was an abbreviation of
Arrack Punch. My own idea is that brandy
and rum—of inferior quality—entered into it j
although, as mentioned in a previous chapter,
" rack" is the " Cheshyre Cheese " synonym for
gin. But I should be inclined to back arrack.
At all events this is one of the component
parts of a
Vauxhall Punch
of which the recipe is in my possession.
A large tumbler, one wine-glass of old brandy,
one ditto of old rum, one ditto of arrack, the juice
of half a lemon, and a tablespoonful of sugar.
Mix, strain into two small tumblers, and fill up each
" ith boiling water.
wi
Uncle Toby.
Here is another encouragement to the bile
industry :—
Rub the rind of one lemon on two lumps of
sugar, put the sugar in a large tumbler with the
juice of the lemon, and dissolve in one wine-glass of
boiling water ; then add one wine-glass of brandy,
one ditto of rum, and two dittoes of hot stout ; mix
well, strain, and add more sugar if necessary.