Orange Punch

A historical recipe from I Go A-Marketing, by Henrietta Sowle (1900).

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A historical recipe

I Go A-Marketing, by Henrietta Sowle (1900). Project Gutenberg eBook #55566.

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

Ingredients 3 ingredients

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

An orange punch isn't just the innocent tipple that its name would seem to indicate.
But that doesn't hinder its being a treat for the palate.
Infuse the peel of three and the juice of six oranges with three-quarters of a pound of loaf sugar in two quarts of boiling water for half an hour.
Strain and add to the juice a half pint of brandy and a liqueur glass of maraschino.
And it is quite likely that you will think it needs a little more sugar;
if so, add it.
Now it may be that you will like this hot, or it may be that you will like it cold;
in the latter case cool it on the ice for several hours before serving or ice it when serving.
This is also an excellent recipe for lemon punch--substituting lemons for the oranges.