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TO MAKE NEGUS
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TO MAKE NEGUS

5 ingredients 3 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

49
Calories
1g
Protein
1g
Fat
6g
Carbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 quart of boiling water
  • 1 pint of wine
  • 1 lemon
  • 10 children
  • nutmeg

Directions

1

1835. INGREDIENTS.--To every pint of port wine allow 1 quart of boiling water, 1/4 lb. of sugar, 1 lemon, grated nutmeg to taste.

2

_Mode_.--As this beverage is more usually drunk at children's parties than at any other, the wine need not be very old or expensive for the purpose, a new fruity wine answering very well for it. Put the wine into a jug, rub some lumps of sugar (equal to 1/4 lb.) on the lemon-rind until all the yellow part of the skin is absorbed, then squeeze the juice, and strain it. Add the sugar and lemon-juice to the port wine, with the grated nutmeg; pour over it the boiling water, cover the jug, and, when the beverage has cooled a little, it will be fit for use. Negus may also be made of sherry, or any other sweet white wine, but is more usually made of port than of any other beverage.

3

_Sufficient_--Allow 1 pint of wine, with the other ingredients in proportion, for a party of 9 or 10 children.

By Isabella Beeton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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