with half a pound of
sugar: but this depends much on taste, and on the strength of the
spirit. As the pulp of the lemon is disagreeable to some persons, the
sherbet may be strained before the liquor is put in. Some strain the
lemon before they put it to the sugar, which is improper; as when the
pulp and sugar are well mixed together, it adds much to the richness of
the punch. When only rum is used, about half a pint of porter will
soften the punch; and even when both rum and brandy are used, the porter
gives a richness, and also a very pleasant flavour. A shorter way is to
keep ready prepared a quarter of an ounce of citric or crystallized
lemon acid, pounded with a few drops of the essence of lemon peel,
gradually mixed with a pint of clarified syrup or capillaire. Brandy or
rum flavoured with this mixture, will produce good punch in a minute.

PUNCH ROYAL. Take thirty Seville oranges and thirty lemons quite sound,
pare them very thin, and put the parings into an earthen pan, with as
much rum or brandy as will cover them. Take ten gallons of water, and
twelve pounds of lump sugar, and boil them. When nearly cold, put in the
whites of thirty eggs well beaten, stir it and boil it a quarter of an
hour, then strain it through a hair sieve into an earthen pan, and let
it stand till the next day. Then put it into a cask, strain the spirit
from the parings, and add as much more as will make it up five gallons.
Put it into the cask with five quarts of Seville orange juice, and three
quarts of lemon juice. Stir it all together with a cleft stick, and
repeat the same once a day for three successive days; then stop it down
close, and in six weeks it will be fit to drink.

PURPLE GLOVES. To dye white gloves of a beautiful purple, boil four
ounces of logwood, and two ounces of roche alum, in three pints of soft
water, till half wasted. Strain off the liquid, and let it stand to be
cold. Mend the gloves neatly, brush them over with the dye, and when dry
repeat it. Twice is sufficient, unless the colour is to be very dark.
When quite dry, rub off the loose dye with a coarse cloth. Beat up the
white of an egg, and with a sponge rub it over the leather. The dye will
stain the hands, but wetting them with vinegar will take it off before
they are washed.

Q.

QUAILS. These are dressed in the same manner as snipes and woodcocks.
They should be roasted without drawing, served on toast, and eaten with
butter only.

QUAKI