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Milk Punch

From "Doctor, what shall I eat?" (1880).

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A historical recipe

"Doctor, what shall I eat?", by Ch. (Charles) Gatchell (1880).

United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. One tumblerful of milk

Method

  1. One tumblerful of milk;
  2. Two dessertspoonfuls brandy.
  3. Sweeten the milk well and stir in the brandy thoroughly.
  4. Give very cold, with ice.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Wooden spoon
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Credit

From "Doctor, what shall I eat?" (1880), printed page 116, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/63831160R.nlm.nih.gov

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.