This section is from the book "The Flowing Bowl - When And What To Drink", by William Schmidt. Also available from Amazon: The Flowing Bowl: When And What To Drink.
Rub the rind of two lemons on half a pound of sugar, add a decoction of one and a half quarts of water and half an ounce of fine tea; squeeze the juice of four lemons; strain; add one pint of old Jamaica rum; heat it once more, and serve.
Clear and refine one pound of sugar in one quart of water; boil one pound of barberries - ripe and well-cleaned - after you have mashed them with a wooden spoon, in the refined sugar syrup; add a bottle of claret, press all through a sieve; add a bottle of Santa Cruz rum, and some raspberry syrup, and you may serve the punch hot or cold.
(HOT OR COLD.)
Take a large enameled pot, the juice of six lemons, the juice of two oranges, a pound of sugar, two quarts of cold water, two quarts of claret, two or three sticks of cinnamon, two dozen cloves, half a pint of Jamaica rum or brandy; place this over a slow fire until boiling; strain carefully before serving. You may serve it hot; if not, you may bottle it, and it will keep for several days.
Three to four bottles of Rhine wine and half a bottle of arrack are mixed with half a bottle of maraschino di Zara and two pounds of cleaned and refined sugar - cold; place the punch for a couple of hours on ice, and add a bottle of champagne just before serving.
Heat one and a half quarts of sweet cream with a piece of vanilla and half a pound of sugar to the boiling-point; let it then steep for a while; strain the cream through a sieve; beat it with the yolks of six or eight eggs; add enough fine arrack or maraschino to taste.
Rub the peel of two lemons on two pounds of sugar; add one and a half quarts of good tea, four bottles of claret, one bottle of French white wine, and one bottle of brandy; let everything get hot over a slow fire; stir well, and serve.
Two pounds of sugar on which two lemons are rubbed off, four bottles of Bordeaux, one bottle of port wine, one bottle of brandy, and half a bottle of Madeira.
Rub the peel of three fine lemons on one pound of lump-sugar; put it in a tureen, and squeeze the juice of the fruit over it; grate half a nutmeg; add a bottle of Jamaica rum; mix all thoroughly, and let it stand well covered over night. Then add one quart of boiling water, and one quart of boiling milk; let the mixture stand covered two hours; filter through a canton flannel bag, in which you placed a piece of blotting-paper, until the punch is absolutely clear, and drink it cold.
Rub the peel of two lemons on one and a half pounds of lump-sugar; put this in a tureen; add gradually the juice of the two lemons, a quart of hot milk, one quart of hot water, some pieces of vanilla, cut into small pieces, a little grated nutmeg, and a bottle of good arrack, and let the well-covered tureen stand over night. The following morning you filter the thick fluid through a flannel bag, until it gets clear; fill into bottles, and serve the punch cold; it may be kept as long as you please.
 
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