Group: | "At Home with the Georgettes" |
Swap Coordinator: | Star7Lily (contact) |
Swap categories: | Themed |
Number of people in swap: | 2 |
Location: | International |
Type: | Type 1: Electronic |
Last day to signup/drop: | December 14, 2024 |
Date items must be sent by: | January 4, 2025 |
Number of swap partners: | 1 |
Description: | |
An EMAIL swap for our indulgence An Original Receipt from our beloved era:- An Excellent Method of Making Punch"Take two large lemons with rough skins, quite ripe, & some large lumps of double-refined sugar, rub the sugar all over the lemons til it has absorbed all the yellow part of the skins; Then put into the bowls these lumps & as much more as the juice of the lemons may be supposed to require... Then squeeze the lemon-juice upon the sugar: & with a bruiser press the sugar & juice particularly well together, for a great deal of the richness and fine flavour of the punch depends on this rubbing and mixing process being thoroughly performed. Then mix this up 'very well' with boiling water (soft water is best), til the whole is rather cool. When this mixture - (which is now called the sherbet) is to your taste, take brandy and rum in equal quantities, and put them to it, mixing the whole well together again. The quantity of liquor must be according to your taste...this depends much on taste and on the strength of the spirit. As the pulp is disagreeable to some persons, the sherbet may be strained before the liquor is put in,...as when the sherbet & liquor are well mixed in it adds to the richness of the punch. I have broken this receipt down to present day standards.Mixing bowl & pounder or mortar & pestle, punchbowl.
Take one lemon and finely grate the yellow part into bowl, add ¼ to ½ cup of caster sugar (superfine) & pound the two together until sugar is quite yellow. Squeeze the juice of the lemon (remove pips). "Votre Sante`, and good health to all!"THE SWAP:- You will each have ONE partner to share your photographs of the punch you've made for your recipe. Do make a delightful concerted effort to dress up the table and make it look as if we were attending a Georgian - Regency small party of friends. May you have a delightful celebration whilst trying out this punch. This is an EMAIL swap to ONE partner, send photos of your punch, the table setting, and the few lines of in character, and your own voice. I've given a long send by, to try out the receipt upon your family and friends over the festive season. Not into alcohol? Then try it with a non-alcoholic bottle of red wine or cordial like lemon lime and bitters for a similar colour taste.There you are an easy swap to indulge your fancies. as always please contact us for any queries. |
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