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The 'Bon Vivant's Companion
ENGLISH RUM SHRUB
To three gallons of best Jamaica rum, add a quart of
orange juice, a pint of lemon juice, with the peels of the
latter fruit cut very thin, and six pounds of powdered
white sugar.
Let these be covered close, and remain so all night;
next day boil three pints of fresh milk, and let it get cold,
then pour it on the spirit and juice, mix them well, and
let it stand for an hour. Filter it through a flannel bag
lined with blotting-paper, into bottles; cork down as soon
as each is filled.
RASPBERRY SHRUB
3 quarts of ripe raspberries
1 quart of vinegar
After standing a day, strain it, adding to each pint a
pound of sugar, and skim it clear, while boiling about
half an hour. Put a wineglass of brandy to each pint of
the shrub when cool. Two spoonfuls of this, mixed with
a tumblerof water, is an excellent drink inwarm weather,
and in fever.
WHITE CURRANT SHRUB
Strip the fruit, and prepare in a jar, as for jelly; strain
the juice, of which put two quarts to one gallon of rum,
and two pounds of lump sugar;strain through a jelly bag.