To make a fine Bitter

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (6)
Instructions (3)
  1. Put it into a quart of the best brandy.
  2. Let it stand twenty-four hours.
  3. Shake the bottle every now and then.
Original Text
To make a fine Bitter. GET an ounce of the finest Jesuit powder, half a quarter of an ounce of snake-root powder, half a quarter of an ounce of salt of wormwood, half a quarter of saffron, half a quarter of cochineal; put it into a quart of the best brandy, and let it stand twenty-four hours; every now and then shaking the bottle.
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