Burnt Port Wine (an Astringent)

The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Til... · Lady Clark of Tillypronie · 1909
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The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (4)
  1. Put 5 cloves stuck in the third part of a lemon in a basin with 4 or 5 breakfast lumps of sugar.
  2. Pour a tumbler of port wine all but boiling over it.
  3. Keep stirring it whilst burning it for a few second with a lighted paper.
  4. Bottle it, and take a few spoonfuls when faint.
Original Text
Burnt Port Wine (an Astringent). Put 5 cloves stuck in the third part of a lemon in a basin with 4 or 5 breakfast lumps of sugar; pour a tumbler of port wine all but boiling over it. Keep stirring it whilst burning it for a few second with a lighted paper, bottle it, and take a few spoonfuls when faint.
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