Verder, or Milkpunch

New system of domestic cookery, forme... · Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby · 1806
Source
New system of domestic cookery, formed upon principles of economy, and adapted to the use of private families
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Ingredients (7)
Flavoring
Base
Instructions (6)
  1. Pare six oranges and six lemons as thin as you can, grate them after with sugar to get the flavour.
  2. Steep the peels in a bottle of rum or brandy stopped close twenty four hours.
  3. Squeeze the fruit on a pound and a half of sugar.
  4. Add to it four quarts of water, and one of new milk boiling hot.
  5. Stir the rum into the above, and run it through a jelly-bag till perfectly clear.
  6. Bottle, and cork close immediately.
Original Text
Verder, or Milkpunch. Pare six oranges, and six lemons as thin as you can, grate them after with sugar to get the flavour. Steep the peels in a bottle of rum or brandy stopped close twenty four hours. Squeeze the fruit on a 247pound and a half of sugar, add to it four quarts of water, and one of new milk boiling hot; stir the rum into the above, and run it through a jellybag till perfectly clear. Bottle, and cork close immediately.
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