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Whisky Cordial

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 4

Time to prepare: two days.

Presented as published in 1892. 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 Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 2258. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Whisky Cordial. — This cordial should be made when white currants are in season. Take the thin rind of a large fresh lemon entirely free from the white bitter part. Put it into a jar with haH a pint of ripe white cirrrants stripped from the stalks and a piece of whole ginger the size of a bean. Pour over the in- gredients a quart of whisky, and let them in- fuse for twenty-four hours. Strain the liquor, sweeten with half a pound of loaf sugar

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