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THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT OR VICTORIA PUNCH.
Imperial Punch.
(One quart of punch.)
- Take 1 bottle of claret.
- Take 1 bottle of soda-water.
- Take 4 table-spoonfuls of powdered white sugar dissolved in a little of the soda-water.
- Take ¼ tea-spoonful of grated nutmeg.
- Take 1 liqueur-glass of Maraschino.
- Take About ½ pound of ice.
- Take 3 or 4 slices of cucumber rind.
Put all the ingredients into a pitcher and mix well.
Thirty-Second Regiment or Victoria Punch.
(For a party of twenty.)
(Recipe from the late William H. Herbert, Esq.)
- Take 6 lemons, in slices.
- Take ½ gallon of brandy.
- Take ½ gallon of Jamaica rum.
- Take 1 pound of white sugar.
- Take 1¾ quart of water.
- Take 1 pint of boiling milk.
Steep the lemons for twenty-four hours in the brandy and rum; then add the sugar, water and milk, and when well mixed, strain through a jelly-bag.
This punch may be bottled, and used afterward hot or cold.
Half the above quantity, or even less, may be made, as this recipe is for a party of twenty.
