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In my research for my book and television services Punch Up, I have been searching for punch recipes, stories, anecdotes, etc. Below is just such a punch story. I would appreciate if you can direct me to any recipes, stories and anecdotes. Full credit will be given in the book and in the series. -- Edmund Oliverio, Agora Films International Inc.
The following is a description of the punch served at a banquet given by Sir Edward Russell, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces, in 1746:
The bowl was the marble basin of a delightful garden, forming the central point of four vast avenues, bordered with orange and lemon trees. A magnificent collation was served on four immense tables, which occupied the length of several avenues. The basin has been filled with four large barrels of brandy, eight barrels of filtered water, twenty-five thousand citrons, eighty pints of lemon juice, thirteen hundred weight of sugar, five pounds of nutmeg, three hundred biscuits and a pipe of Malaga wine. An awning over the basin protected it from rain, which might have disturbed the chemical composition of the delicious beverage; and, in a charming little rose-wood boat, a cabin boy, belonging to the fleet, rowed about on the surface of the punch, ready to serve the joyous company, which numbered more than six thousand persons.
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