Always wanted to punch an English Bishop! 

Roast an Orange before a fire or in a hot oven.

When brown cut it in quarters and drop the pieces, with a few Cloves, into a small porcelain-lined or agate vessel, and pour in 1 quart of hot Port Wine.

Add 6 lumps Cut Loaf Sugar and let the mixture simmer over the fire for 10 minutes.

Serve in Stem glasses with Nutmeg grated on top.

 A.K.A "Thrashing The Bishop"

Mainly: Port | Hot Drinks. See also: orange, fire!, cloves, loaf sugar, nutmeg, reviews

4 lbs. Cut Loaf Sugar.

2 quarts Port Wine.

2 quarts Batavia Arrack.

6 quarts green Tea.

Juice of 24 Lemons.

Mainly: Arrack | Port | Punch. See also: green tea, lemon juice, loaf sugar, reviews

(...or for 10 happy drunks!) 

For mixing use a large agate or porcelain-lined vessel.

4 lbs. Cut Loaf Sugar.

Juice of 25 Lemons.

2 quarts Brandy.

10 quarts Claret.

7 jiggers Chartreuse (green).

8 quarts Carbonated Water.

Stir well.

Place a large block of Ice in a Punch bowl and fill nearly full of the mixture, adding:

18 Oranges, cut in slices.

1-1/2 cans sliced Pineapples.

Serve from the bowl into Punch glasses with a Ladle, and renew the contents of the bowl from the mixing vessel as needed.

One heck of a punch Dear!

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Mainly: Brandy | Claret. See also: loaf sugar, lemons, chartreuse, carbonated water, orange, pineapple, reviews

Place two lumps of Cut Loaf Sugar in a small, shallow dish or saucer and pour over the Sugar 1-1/2 jiggers of Cognac Brandy.

Ignite the Sugar and Brandy and let them burn for about two minutes. (allright! fire!)

Then cover the dish or saucer with a plate, and when the fire is extinguished pour the liquid into a small Bar glass and serve.

Mainly: Brandy | Hot Drinks. See also: loaf sugar, fire!, reviews

Into a Punch bowl put the Peeled Rinds of 5 Lemons and the Juice of 12 Lemons and add 5 quarts of Brandy.

Make the bowl airtight and set it aside.

At the expiration of 6 days add 3 quarts of Sherry wine and 6 pounds of Loaf Sugar, which has been dissolved in 1 quart of plain Soda.

Strain through a bag and bottle.

Mainly: Brandy | Sherry. See also: lemon rind, lemon juice, loaf sugar, soda water, reviews