Rum Punch

Ingredients

• Put 1 pound sugar
• and 1 1/2 quart cold water
• add the strained juice of 1 lemon
• and 4 oranges
• add a little lemon peel
• a piece of vanilla bean
• 1/2 pint strong tea
• and 1/2 pint good rum

Method

1. 1

   Dissolve sugar in cold water, heat in a warm place for 1 hour.

2. 2

   Boil syrup until clear, add lemon and orange juice, boil again, remove from fire, add lemon peel, vanilla bean, strong tea, and rum.

3. 3

   Strain into a punch bowl and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from European and American cuisine (1914) by Lemcke, Mrs. Gesine Knubel, page 385. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

and Ys pint good rum ; strain through a fine sieve into a punch bowl and serve either hot or cold. Rum Punch. — Put 1 pound sugar and IY2 quart cold water into a bowl, set this in a vessel of hot water, cover tightly and let it stand in a warm place for 1 hour. Shortly before serving boil the sirup until clear ; add the strained juic« of 1 lemon and 4 oranges ; let boil up ; remove it from the fire, add a little lemon peel

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