Mother Hubbard's cupboard: Recipes collected by the Young Ladies' Society, First Baptist Church, Rochester N.Y. Fourth Edition

by N.Y.). Young Ladies' Society First Baptist Church (Rochester

BLACK CURRANT CORDIAL.

Five quarts black currants, two ounces ginger root, one ounce cloves, two ounces stick cinnamon, two ounces allspice, four nutmegs, one teaspoon cayenne pepper. Bruise the currants, the ginger root and cinnamon, add all the other spices except pepper. Put into a thin muslin bag; put the pepper in another bag; pour over all one-half gallon whiskey. Let it stand forty-eight hours, stirring occasionally; strain this off, and put over the currants another half gallon of whiskey; stir thoroughly, and strain into the other whiskey; add to this liquor four pounds granulated sugar. If too strong, dilute with a little water; then bottle.

Grandma Reid.