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MIXED DRINKS.
MULLED WINE.
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Dissolve one pound loaf sugar in one quart of
hot water,add two and a half pints sherry. Place
the mixture on the fire until near the boiling point,
meantime beat up the whites of one dozen eggs to
a foam; pour into this the hot mixture, stirring
rapidly, adding a little ground nutmeg.
BOWL OF CLARET PUNCH.
Four bottles of claret. Dissolve in sufficient
water four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar for
each bottle of claret; slice in two lemons and two
oranges, also some pineapple ; pour in the claret;
mix well, and just before serving put in one quart
of domestic champagne. Serve with square piece
of ice in the bowl.
REMSEN COOLER.
Pare the rind from a lemon as you would pare
an apple, leaving the rind whole, put it in a large
punch-glass with two or three small lumps of ice
and a jigger of Old Tom gin ; fill with plain soda
and serve.
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