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PEPPERMINT CORDIAL.
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apricots, nectarines, and peaches; and one ounce
of bitter almonds—all gently bruised; essence of
orange peel, and essence of lemon peel, of each
two pennyweight, killed in the same manner as
the oil of peppermint; half a pound of loaf sugar.
Let the whole stand ten days or a fortnight; then
draw off, and add to the clear Noyau as much
rose-water as will make it up to two gallons, which
will be about half a gallon.
TO MAKE TWO GALLONS OF CITRON CORDIAL.
Infuse one pound and a half of Smyrna figs, for
a week, in five quarts of spirits, one in five; draw
off, and add to the clear spiritous infusion essence
of orange and lemon, of each one drachm, killed
in half a gill of strong spirits of wine; one ounce
of dried lemon, and half an ounce of orange-peel;
twelve or thirteen ounces of loaf-sugar. Make up
as before with fair water.
TO MAKE TWO GALLONS OF PEPPERMINT CORDIAL.
Take five imperial quarts and a pint of rectified
spirits, one in five under hydrometer proof; one