Imperial Punch

Ingredients

• one pineapple, peeled
• four oranges, peeled
• a quart of water
• two sticks of cinnamon
• a stick of vanilla
• one and one-half pounds of lump sugar
• the juice of three lemons
• a bottle of Rhine wine
• a quart of rum
• a bottle of champagne
• half a bottle of seltzer

Method

1. 1

   Cut pineapple and oranges into pieces and place in a punch bowl.

2. 2

   Boil water with cinnamon and vanilla, strain into the bowl.

3. 3

   Rub lemon rind on sugar, add to the mixture, and squeeze in lemon juice.

4. 4

   Cool, then add Rhine wine, rum, champagne, and seltzer before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A bachelors cupboard (1906) by A. Lyman Phillips, page 59. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a quart of water two sticks of cinnamon and a stick of vanilla cut in small pieces; strain the water through the sieve Into the bowl, and then rub the rind of a lemon on one and one-half pounds of lump sugar, put the sugar In the water, and squeeze over the juice of three lemons. After It cools, place on Ice and add a bottle of Rhine wine, a quart of rum, and, just be- fore serving, a bottle of champagne and half a bottle of seltzer

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