Oxford Grace Cup

Ingredients

• the peel of a lemon
• a pint and a half of strong home-brewed beer
• a bottle of sherry
• a nutmeg
• sweeten to taste
• three or four slices of bread

Method

1. 1

   Take lemon peel, extract juice, and cut peel into slices.

2. 2

   In a bowl, combine lemon peel, beer, sherry, grated nutmeg, and sugar.

3. 3

   Stir until sugar dissolves, then add toasted bread slices.

4. 4

   Let sit for two hours before straining.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1058. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Oxford Grace Cup.— Take the peel of a lemon, extract the juice, and cut the peel into thin slices. Put it in a bowl or jug, pour over it a pint and a half of strong home-brewed beer and a bottle of sherry ; grate a nutmeg into the cup ; sweeten to taste ; stir till the sugar is dissolved, and then add three or four slices of bread

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