2282. Scotch Punch, or Whisky Toddy
Pour about a wineglassful of
boiling
water into a half-pint tumbler, and sweeten according to taste. Stir well up, then put in a wineglassful of whisky, and add a wineglassful and a half more boiling water.
Be sure the water is boiling
. Never put lemon into toddy. The two in combination, in almost every instance, produce acidity in the stomach. If possible, store your whisky
in the wood
, not in bottles as keeping it in the cask mellows it, and dissipates the coarser particles.
Man Doubles his Evils by Brooding upon them.