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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
(7) Thinly pare the yellow rinds off two lemons, put it in a jug with 1 pint of cognac, and infuse for four or five hours. Afterwards strain the brandy into another jug, mix with it 1 pint each of white rum and Milk, and let it stand. Soak Joz. of gelatine in a small quantity of Milk for two hours, then stir it over the fire until dissolved. Mix the gelatine with the contents of the jug, and whisk the whole well with an egg-whisk for ten or fifteen minutes, and add the juice of one lemon. Strain the punch through a jelly-bag, pour it into bottles, cork tightly, and keep in a dry cool cellar or store-cupboard for use. (8) Infuse sufficient green tea in boiling water to make 4 pint ; strain it into a large jar and mix in \ pint of lime-juice and 1 scant teaspoonful each of essence of cloves, coriander, nutmeg, lemon, and pine-apple. Pour in 3 pints of thin syrup and 1 pint each of rum and brandy ; stir well, and add 1 4 pints of boiling Milk. Rinse a jelly-bag in hot water, strain the punch through it, pour it into bottles, cork them, and pack in a cool cellar for use. (9) Peel the rinds as thinly as possible oil' six lemons, one bitter orange, and one Tangerine ; put the rinds into a wide- mouthed bottle with the juice of the lemons, lib. of caster sugar, half a grated nutmeg, and a small quantity of powdered cinnamon ; pour in 4 pint of ram, cover the bottle, and let the contents stand for two days. At the end of that time add to the above mixture 1 pint of water, 4 pint of brandy, and 4 pint more rum. Shake the bottle well, pour in 1 pint of boiling Milk, and leave it for two or three hours. Strain the punch through a jelly-bag, pour it into smaller bottles, and cork tightly. (10) Put the peels of twelve lemons and two oranges in 2qts. of ram and infuse for twelve hours or so, add (.gall, of water, 1 pint of lemon-juice, 1 pint of strong green tea, lib. of sugar, 1 gill of maraschino, 1 pint of Madeira, and one nutmeg finely grated. When well mixed, add 1 pint of boiling Milk, let it remain for six hours or so, strain through a jelly-bag, put it hi bottles, and it is then ready for use. . . (11) Dissolve lib. of loaf sugar in a basin with \ pint of boiling water, and add the rind of half a lemon, the zest of an orange, and the juice of three lemons, also a little cinnamon, a few cloves, and a few grains of coriander. For details respecting Culinary Processes, Utensils, Sauces, dc., referred to. see under their special heads. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL COOKERY. 941 Milk — continued. Mix all well, and add 1 gill each of ram, Milk, arrack, and tea infusion. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve into a basin, freeze it on the ice, put it into glasses, and serve. (12) Put igall. of Milk into a basin, and mix in half the quantity of brandy, 6oz. of caster sugar, and the juice of six lemons and six oranges. Mix well, and strain through a jolly-bag in which the rinds of two lemonsMilk and Brandy Mixture have been placed. Pour it into bottles, and it will keep good for a long time. (13) Beat four eggs in a china bowl, and add £ pint of noyau, then the same quantity each of ram and brandy, and lastly h pint of all of them mixed. Pour over igall. of boiling Milk, with loz. of sugar dissolved in it, mix thoroughly, grate a little nutmeg over, and it is ready for use. Milk Soup (Dutch Style)