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50
CUPS
AND
THEIR
CUSTOMS.
Recipe
for
Ginger
Brandy,
To
each
bottle
of
brandy
add
two
ounces
of
the
best
ginger
bruised
;
let
it
stand
for
a
week
;
then
strain
the
liquid
through
muslin,
and
add
a
pound
of
finely
powdered
sugar-candy.
Thi^
should
be
kept
at
least
one
year.
Recipe
for
a
Hunting
-flask.
As
to
the
best
compound
for
a
hunting-flask,
it
will
seldom
be
found
that
any two
men
perfectly
agree
;
yet,
as
a
rule,
the
man
who
carries
the
largest,
and
is
most
liberal
with
it
to his
friends,
will
be
generally
esteemed
the
best
concocter.
Some
there
are
who
prefer
to
all
others
a
flask
of
gin
into
which
a
dozen
cloves
have
been
inserted,
while
others,
younger
in
age
and
more
fantastic
in
taste,
swear
by
equal
parts
of
gin
and
noyeau,
or of
sherry
and
Maraschino.
For
our
own
part,
we
must
admit
a
strong
predilection
for
a
pull
at
a
flask
containing
a
well-made
cold
punch,
or
a
dry
Cura9oa.
Then
again,
if
we
take
the
opinion
of
our
huntsman,
who
(of
course)
is
a
spicy
fellow,
and
ought
to
be
up
in
such
matters,
he
recommends
a
piece
of
dry
ginger
always
kept
in
the
waistcoat
pocket;
and
does
not
care
a
fig
for
anything
else.
So
much
for
difierence
of
taste
;
but
as
we
have
promised
a
recipe,
the
one
we
venture
to
insert
is
specially
dedicated
to
the
lovers
of
usquebaugh,
or
^^
the
crathur
:
^^
it
was
a
favourite
of
no
less
a
man
than
Robert
Burns,
and
one
we
believe
not
generally
known
;
we
therefore
hope
it