Milk Punch as a Restorative

Name: Milk Punch as a Restorative
Ingredients: a large tumbler (it should hold a pint) half fill it with chopped ice; a large tablespoonful of white sugar; a wineglass of gin, rum or brandy; fill up with fresh milk

From La cuisine creole, 1885

Generally very acceptable to an invalid who refuses other stimulants.

Presented as published in 1885. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from La cuisine creole (1885) by Lafcadio Hearn, page 92. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MILK PUNCH AS A EESTORATIVB. Take a large tumbler (ît shonld hold a pmt), half fill ît wîth chopped îce, add to ît a large tablespoonful of whîte sugar, beat ît a lîttle wîth the îce, then pour on ît a wîneglass of gîn, rum or brandy

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