Oxford Punch

Instructions

1. Extract the essence from the rinds of three lemons by rubbing them with sugar in lumps. Put these into a large jug.
2. Add the peel of two Seville oranges and of two lemons, cut extremely thin; the juice of four Seville oranges and of ten lemons; and six glasses of calf's feet jelly in a liquid state.
3. Stir these well together, pour to them two quarts of boiling water, cover the jug closely, and set it near the fire for a quarter of an hour.
4. Strain the mixture through a sieve into a punch bowl or jug.
5. Sweeten it with a bottle of capillaire.
6. Add half a pint of white wine, a pint of French brandy, a pint of Jamaica rum, and a bottle of orange shrub, stirring the punch as the spirit is poured in.
7. If not sufficiently sweet, add sugar in small quantities, or a spoonful or two of capillaire.