Orangeade

Is made in the same manner, substituting oranges for lemons.

Strawberry Sherbet. (Delicious.)+

1 quart of strawberries.

3 pints of water.

1 lemon - the juice only.

1 tablespoonful orange-flower water.

3/4 lb. white sugar.

The strawberries should be fresh and ripe. Crush to a smooth paste; add the rest of the ingredients (except the sugar), and let it stand three hours. Strain over the sugar, squeezing the cloth hard; stir until the sugar is dissolved; strain again and set in ice for two hours or more before you use it.

Regent's Punch. (Fine.)

1 lb. loaf-sugar or rock candy.

1 large cup strong black tea - (made).

3 wine-glasses of brandy.

3 " " rum.

1 bottle champagne.

2 oranges - juice only.

3 lemons - "

1 large lump of ice.

This receipt was given me by a gentleman of the old school, a connoisseur in the matter of beverages as of cookery. "Tell your readers," he writes, "that better punch was never brewed." I give receipt and message together.

Roman Punch

3 coffee cups of lemonade - (strong and sweet.) 1 glass champagne.

1 " rum.

2 oranges - -juice only.

2 eggs - whites only - well whipped.

1/2 lb. powdered sugar, beaten into the stiffened whites.

You must ice abundantly - or, if you prefer, freeze.

Sherry Cobbler.

Several slices of pineapple, cut in quarters.

A lemon, sliced thin.

An orange. "

1/2 cup of powdered sugar.

1 tumbler of Sherry wine.

Ice-water.

Pounded ice.

Take a wide-mouthed quart pitcher and lay the sliced fruit in order at the bottom, sprinkling sugar and pounded ice between the layers. Cover with sugar and ice, and let all stand together five minutes. Add then two tumblers of water and all the sugar, and stir well to dissolve this. Fill the pitcher nearly full of pounded ice, pour in the wine, and stir up from the bottom until the ingredients are thoroughly mixed. In pouring it out put a slice of each kind of fruit in each goblet before adding the liquid.

It is best sucked through a straw or glass tube.

Nectar+

Make as above, substituting a little rose-water for the pineapple, and squeezing out the juice of the orange and lemon, instead of putting in the slices. Sprinkle nutmeg on the top.

This forms a delicious and refreshing drink for invalids.

Claret Punch+

1 bottle of claret.

1/4 the quantity of ice-water.

2 lemons, sliced.

1/2 cup powdered sugar.

Cover the sliced lemon with sugar and let it stand ten minutes. Add the water; stir hard for a whole minute, and pour in the wine. Put pounded ice in each glass before filling with the mixture.

Egg Nogg+

6 eggs - whites and yolks beaten separately and very stiff. 1 quart rich milk. 1/2 cup of sugar. 1/2 pint best brandy. Flavor with nutmeg.

Stir the yolks into the milk with the sugar, which should first be beaten with the yolks. Next comes the brandy. Lastly whip in the whites of three eggs.