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The Bon Vivants Companion
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Sweeten to taste, mix in a large punch bowl, cool with
a large lump of ice, and serve immediately.
MAY WINE PUNCH
lAse large punch bowl
Two bunches of (Waldmeister) Woodruff, cut in two
or three lengths. Place it in a large glass, fill up with
Martell brandy, cover it up, and let it stand for two hours
until the essence of the Woodruff is extradbed.
Cover the bottom of the bowl with granulated sugar;
pour 5 bottles of club soda over it; cut up 4 oranges in
slices, Yi pineapple, berries, cherries, and grapes.
8 bottles Moselle wine
1 bottle champagne
Y. curacao
Yi maraschino
Martell brandy
Then put your Woodruff, brandy, etc. into the three
gallons of excellent May Wine Punch.
Surround the bowl with ice; serve inwineglass in such
a manner that each glass will get a piece of all the fruits;
then fill with ladle, and serve.
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