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Milk Punch

From A collection of recipes for the use of special diet kitchens in military hospitals (1864).

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A historical recipe

A collection of recipes for the use of special diet kitchens in military hospitals, by Annie Wittenmyer and United States Christian Commission (1864).

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. a pint of milk

Method

  1. Beat an egg until very light ;
  2. stir into a pint of milk ;
  3. add brandy, sugar, and nutmeg.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Wooden spoon
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Credit

From A collection of recipes for the use of special diet kitchens in military hospitals (1864), printed page 31, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/63850820R.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.