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lump sugar 1 lb. Digest the peel in the brandy for
ten days, frequently shaking ; then press out the
liquor and filter tl1rough blotting .paper ; lastly,
dissolve the sugar therein.
R6'TlU111'ks.-A
very agreeable bitter, either taken
as a dram, or mixed with other liquor.
II. Gentian root, bruised, 4 oz.; fresh orange peel
, 5 oz. ; cassia bark 2 oz. ; cardamom seeds, bruised,
1 oz. ; cochineal, bruised,
-t
oz. ; proof spirit 1·gal–
lon. Digest for a week, then decant .the clear,
press the botroms, and pour thereon 5 pts. of water ;
again
digest for 3 days, then press out the liquor,
mix the two tinctures, filter and add sugar 2 lbs.
ill.
Bruised gentian 2 oz. ; fresh orange peel 3 oz.;
cassia bark
t
oz. ; cloves
1
drachm ; proof spirit
1
gallon ; cape or raisin wine
i
gallon. Digest for a
week as before, then add sugar 1 lb., and a little
coloring,
if
required.
IV. Bruised gentian
-t
lb. ; cochineal
i
oz. ; sugar
f
lb. ; spirit (24 u. p.) 1 gallon.
CALOMBA BITTERS.
Oalomba root, fresh orange and lemon peel,
of
each 1 oz.; proof spirit 1 quart; digest for a week,
then express the tincture, add lump sugar 4 oz., and
a little coloring.
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by