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get all the juice out you can by squeezing, but do not let the pulp and seed
come through the bag. Now add a little of the water they were boiled in, however
not more than two tablespoonfuls to each pint of strained juice. To every pint
of this liquor, add one pound of loaf sugar, one teaspoonful of mace, same of
cloves and cinnamon. Boil all these together a few minutes, and strain it again
to free it from the spice. When this syrup is cool, add to each pint a wineglass
of good French brandy. If you cannot get brandy, substitute rum or whiskey,
remembering to use twice as much as you would brandy. This is excellent for
children during the prevalence of summer complaints, and an excellent tonic for
all debilitated persons.
BLACKBERRY CORDIAL
Select fine, ripe fruit. Squeeze the berries without boiling, and to a quart of
the strained juice, put a pound of loaf sugar; boil it for half an hour, and add
a quart of brandy, some cloves and cinnamon, when on the fire. If the fruit
thickens too rapidly while boiling, throw in a cup of hot water.
RASPBERRY CORDIAL
Squeeze the fruit through a flannel bag, and to every quart of juice to a pound
of loaf sugar; put it in a stone jar and stir it constantly for half an hour;
allow it to stand for three days, then strain it again and add to each quart of
juice a quart of fine brandy.
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