1876 How to Mix Drinks or the Bon-Vivant's Companion 2$50 by Jerry Thomas

EEOIPES FOE SMALL QUANTITIES.

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454 Ratafia of Green "Walnut Shells,

200 waluuts, 10 pints of brandy, 4 lbs. of sugar, 1 dracbm of nutmeg,1 dracbm of cloves. Cbo.ose 200 wab nuts so young that a pin may easily go through them; pound them in a mortar, and infuse them in the brandy, with the nutmeg and cloves,for a month; after that time strain the mixture through a flannel bag,fllter, and bot tle it. 4 ounces ofangelica-seed, 2 ounces ofthe roots ofangel ica, 10 pints of brandy, 1 drachm of cloves, 1 drachm ot cinnamon, 4 pounds of sugar. Pound the ingredients coai-sely; dissolve the sugar in water, and add it to the mixture; infuse it in the brandy for a month; strain it through a bag and fllter it. 456. Ratafia of Red Pinks. 3 lbs. of pinks, 10 pints of brandy, 4 lbs. of sugar,1 drachm of cloves, 1 drachm of cimiamon. Pick olf the green from your pinks, pound the leaves, and infuse them for a month in the brandy, with the cloves and cinnamon; after this draw off the liquor and filter it. 455. Angelica Ratafia.

457. Balm of Molucca.

1 drachm of mace,shreded. 1 ounce ofcloves, bruised. 1 gallon ofclean sjiirit(22 under proof).

Macerate for a week in a weU-corked demijohn or jar, fiequently shaking (see No. 5); color with coloring (see No. 88), and add 4i lbs. of lump sugar dissolved in a gallon ofpwre soft loat&r