This section is from the book "Breakfast, Luncheon And Tea", by Marion Harland. Also available from Amazon: Breakfast, Luncheon And Tea.
Juice of 6 lemons, and grated peel of two.
Grated peel of 1 orange.
3 lbs. loaf sugar.
3 pints of cold water.
3 pints of brandy or white whiskey.
Steep the grated peel in the brandy for two days. Boil the sugar-and-water to a thick syrup, and when it is cool, strain into it the lemon-juice and the liquor.
Shake up well for five minutes, and bottle. Seal the bottles and lay them on their sides.
 
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