A Birthday Syllabub

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb sugar
• 2 lemons
• 1 pint port wine
• 1 pint sherry
• 1/2 pint brandy
• 1 nutmeg
• 2 quart milk
• cream
• lemon rind

Instructions

1. Put into a large bowl half a pound of sugar broken small and pour on it the strained juice of a couple of fresh lemons. Stir these well together.
2. Add a pint of port wine, a pint of sherry, and half a pint of brandy.
3. Grate in 1 fine nutmeg.
4. Place the bowl under the cow and milk it full.
5. In serving, put a portion of the curd into each glass, fill it up with whey, and pour a little rich cream on the top.
6. The rind of a lemon may be rasped on part of the sugar when the flavour is liked, but it is not usually added.