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The BonVivant's Companion
glass of curacao, noyau, or maraschino improves it. A good lemon
punch may be made by substituting lemons instead of oranges.
Pineapple Punch
For a party of ten
4 bottles of champagne
I pint of Jamaica rum
I pint of brandy
I gill of curacao
Juice of 4 lemons
4 pineapples, sliced
Sweeten to taste with pulverized white sugar.
Put the pineapple with one pound of sugar into a glass bowl,
and let it stand until the sugar is well soaked into the pineapple,
thenaddall the otheringredients, except the champagne. Let this
mixture stand in ice for about an hour, then add the champagne.
Place a large block of icein the center of thebowl; ornament with
loafsugar, sliced orange, andother fruits in season. Serve in cham
pagne glasses.
Pineapple punch is sometimes made by adding sliced pineapple
to Brandy Punch.
Planter^s Punch
I jigger Jamaica rum
Yi jigger lemon or lime juice
Sugar to taste. Ice well in large bar glass.
Port Wine Punch
Same as Claret Punch, using port wine instead of claret.
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