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Milk Punch

A historical recipe from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878).

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A historical recipe

Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Project Gutenberg eBook #42450.

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

United States

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

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. two tablespoonfuls good brandy
  2. six tablespoonfuls milk
  3. two teaspoonfuls ground loaf sugar
  4. a tablespoonful of this every two

Method

  1. Pour two tablespoonfuls good brandy into six tablespoonfuls milk.
  2. Add two teaspoonfuls ground loaf sugar and a little grated nutmeg.
  3. An adult may take a tablespoonful of this every two or three hours, but children must take less.--Mrs.
  4. R.
  5. C.
  6. M.
  7. W.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Grater
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #42450 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42450). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.