Spruce Beer
A historical recipe from The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the, by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira), Hugo Ziemann (1887).
A historical recipe
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home, by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira), Hugo Ziemann (1887). Project Gutenberg eBook #13923.
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From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the, by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira), Hugo Ziemann (1887). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #13923 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13923). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
- an ounce of hops
- a spoonful of ginger
- a gallon of water
- a pint of molasses
- a pound of brown sugar
- an ounce or less of
- a teacupful of yeast
- two pounds of loaf sugar
- two quarts of lemonade
- one tablespoonful of extract of lemon
- a pint of brandy
- a pint of Jamaica rum
- eight eggs
Method
- Allow an ounce of hops and a spoonful of ginger to a gallon of water.
- When well boiled, strain it and put in a pint of molasses, or a pound of brown sugar, and half an ounce or less of the essence of spruce;
- when cool, add a teacupful of yeast, and put into a clean tight cask, and let it ferment for a day or two, then bottle it for use.
- You can boil the sprigs of spruce fir in place of the essence.
- ROMAN PUNCH.
- No.
- 1.
- Grate the yellow rind of four lemons and two oranges upon two pounds of loaf sugar.
- Squeeze the juice of the lemons and oranges;
- cover it and let it stand until next day.
- Strain it through a sieve, mix with the sugar;
- add a bottle of champagne and the whites of eight eggs beaten to a stiff froth.
- It may be frozen or not, as desired.
- For winter use snow instead of ice.
- ROMAN PUNCH.
- No.
- 2.
- Make two quarts of lemonade, rich with pure juice lemon fruit;
- add one tablespoonful of extract of lemon.
- Work well and freeze;
- just before serving, add for each quart of ice half a pint of brandy and half a pint of Jamaica rum.
- Mix well and serve in high glasses, as this makes what is called a semi or half ice.
- It is usually served at dinners as a coup de milieu.