Milk Punch

Ingredients

• three gills of sweet milk
• two table-spoonfuls of sugar
• two of rum, brandy, or whiskey

Method

1. 1

   Put the ingredients into a bowl and stir well.

2. 2

   Pour from one bowl to another to froth it, then serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 458. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

two table-spoonfuls of sugar. More sugar may be used if liked. This drink is soothing for colds. Should the lemonade be too thick, add a little more water to it. Mulled Wine. Put into a bowl one inch of stick cinnamon, three whole cloves, a slight grating of nutmeg, and half a cup- ful of water. Cover the bowl, and, placing it in a sauce- FOOD FOR THE SICK. 869 pan of boiling water, cook the contents for ten minutes. Put one cupful of port or claret and two table-spoonfuls of sugar with this at the end of ten minutes. Cover the bowl again, and continue boiling the water in the stew- pan until the wine becomes hot, which will be in about eight minutes. Strain, and give to the patient at once. Or beat the white of an egg to a stiff froth, and then beat the yolk into it. Pour the mulled wine on this, and beat well. Mulled wine is excellent when the patient requires a warm stimulating drink. It is particularly valuable for a patient that has been chilled. *Egg Tea. Beat the white of an egg to a stiff froth. Beat into this a scant table-spoonful of sugar and the yolk of the egg. Gradually add half a cupful of hot water or hot milk, beating all the time the hot liquid is poured. A little nutmeg, if liked, may be added. *Egg Nog. Beat the white of an egg to a stiff, dry froth. Beat into this one table-spoonful of sugar. Next beat in the yolk of the egg and a table-spoonful of brandy. Add a gill and a half of sweet milk and a slight grating of nutmeg. Pour into a tumbler, and serve at once. A table-spoonful of rum or wine may be substituted for the brandy. *Milk Punch. Put into a bowl three gills of sweet milk, two table- spoonfuls of sugar, and two of rum, brandy, or whiskey

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.