The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-07-20
Summer Beyera gcs.

| Water is the best beverage to quench
thirst and preserve the system in perfect
/ health. But this requires pure, sweet,
wholesome WAGER, and such beverage is not
often found: therefore, substitutes or anti.
dotcs are sought ont. People who decline
entirely the use of these. must he very par
ticuar to clarity the water they use and 1t
would be well if this were done BY all.
Cheap Small Beer.-To twelve quarts of
cold water, add pint and half of strong
hop tea, and pint and half of molasses
Mix it we'll together. and bottle il immedi.
ately. 1t will be fit for use the next day, if
the weather is warm.
Spruce Bccr.-Allow an ounce of hops and
a spoonful Of ginger to gallon of water
wien well boiled, strain it, and put in pint
OF molaSSes, and half an ounce or less Of The
essence of spruce when cool. add tencup
OF yeast, and put into clean, tight cask and
let it ferment for day or two, then bottle it
for use. You can boil the sp.igs Of spruce
fir in room OF the essence
Ginger Beer Quickly Mode-A gallon of
boiling water is poured over three-quarters of
pound of loaf sugar. one ounce of ginger,
and the peel of one lemon when milk. warm,
the juice OF the lemon and a spoonful of
yeast are added. 1t should be made in the
evening, and bottled next morning in stone
bottles, and the Cork tied down with Irvine.
Good brown sugar will answer. and the
lemon may he omitted, if cheapness is
required.
| Eau Sucre. -Swecten boiling water with
| sugar to your taste. This beverage is much
used by French ladies. 1t is considered
soporltic, and good for fatigued or weak
nerves.
Mcad.-To each gallon Of water put four
pounds Of honey boil it one hour: when
the scum has done rising. pour the liquor
into a tub. and when cool put toast with
yeast spread over it into The tub allow it to
stand until the next day: then pour it into
the cask and put the bung lightly over it;
let 1t stand one year in the barrel.
| Nectar.-Take two pounds of raisns.
chopped, and four pounds of loaf sugar. and
put them into spigot-pot; pour two gallons
! OF boiling water upon them The next day,
when 1t is cold, slice two lemons INTO it
Let 1t stand five days, stirring it twice day.
linen let 1t stand five days more TO clear;
bottle it, put into cold celler for ten DAYS,
and 1T will be fit to drink.
| Strip Of Currants. Pick ,ipc currants
and put them into a stcw.pan over the fire,
so that they get hot and burst; press them
through sieve, and set the liquor in cool
celler for thrtysix hours then strain it
through cloths. sweetcn with loaf sugar, and
bottle for use. The juice of cherries and
raspberrles may be prepared as above. The
s'rup, mixed with spring water, makes a
feshng summer drink.
Lemonade. Three lemons to n quart Of
wafer makes good lemonade; sweeten TO your
taste. This is the best beverage for social
parties cool, refreshing, pleasant and salu-
! brious.
Or0nseode. Roll and press the juice from
,he oranges in the same way as from lemons.
1t requires less sugar than lemonade. The
water must be puse and cool and then there
can be nothing more delicious than these two
kinds Of drink.
Orange lfatcr.--Mix with quart of spring
water the juice OF SIX sweet oranges and that
Of two lemons; sweet with capillaire, or
slrup. This water iced is delicious even
ing drink.
Orgeat.-Blanch one pound Of sweet and
one ounce Of bitter almonds, and pound them
IN marble mortar, with water enough to pre-
vent oilng; then mix with them one pint Of
spring water and quarter of a pint Of rose or
orange-fower water; rub through lawn
sieve, and to the liquor add two pounds of
loaf sugar; boil together and skim, and when
cold bottle it. For use, shake the bottle,
and pour tablespoonful into tumbler Of
cold water.
Mik Pnnch.-Grate six oranges and six
lemons with loaf sugar; pare them very
thinly, and steep the peel Tor day in bot
tie OF rum or brandy; squeeze the oranges
and lemons upon two pounds of loaf sugar;
including that with the peel flavor, and pour
on it four qnarts of water and one Of new
milk, both boiling; strain the rum or brandy
from the peel into the above, and run it
through jelly bag til clear, when bottle and
cork it.
| Delicious Milk Lemonade. dissolve six
ounces Of loaf sugar in pint OF boiling water,
and mix with them quarter pint of lemon
juice, and the same quantity of sherry; then
add three quarters OF pint of cold milk, stir
the whole we'll together, and pass it through
Jelly Dag till clear. Germantown Tel.
Cure for Br0nchitis.-W orkman who labor
in dusty shops. and at thrashing machines,
and who are often exposed to draughts of air,
are frequently troubled with bronchial afflc