Beverages

Hot Toddy
Crick Water
Vern's Apple Pie
Apple Pie Punch
Shrub


Hot Toddy

I got this recipe from reading Charles Dickens, which is definitely
pre-1840. There's not much to it, but it's good and it's authentic. Of
course, I had to do a lot of research to get it right...
In a tumbler or coffee mug, put:
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 shot of your favorite beverage
Fill with hot water and stir.

I've made this with rum, whiskey, brandy and gin. They are all good.
When I use gin, I like to add one eighth of a lime. This is very typical
of how 18th and 19th century people consumed distilled spirits. I find
it very nice on a cold day, after ice fishing, deer hunting, and etc.
Your ob't sv'nt,

Tim Donohoe




Crick Water

500 ml Vodka
500 ml Amaretto (I like to use BOLS)
2 cans of frozen orange juice
same 2 cans of water
1 jug of Daily's concentrated sour mix

Mix all ingredients together and chill.
And... drink to yer hearts content!
"Woodie"



Vern's Apple Pie

1 gallon apple cider
1/2 gallon apple juice
3 Cups sugar
8 big cinnamon sticks
1 bottle* of Everclear (190 proof grain alcohol)

*According to Vern, if just the men are going to be drinking the Apple
Pie you can put in a liter of Everclear. If it will be used for a
Christmas or party drink where the women will also be drinking it, he
recommends just using a 750 ml size bottle.

Put the apple cider and the sugar in one pan and the apple juice and the
cinnamon sticks in another pan. Bring them both to a simmer. Stir them
both enough to dissolve the sugar in the cider and to mix the cinnamon.
Remove the cinnamon sticks after about 5 minutes or until the taste is
all out of them and they "taste like wood sticks". Cool. Then mix
together and "drink 'til you drop!"
Vern Tiede, Box 633, Hawley, MN 56549


Apple Pie Punch

1 750 ml bottle of a good 151 proof Rum (preferably, Bacardi brand)
1/4 cup Brach's Cinnamon Imperials Candy.

(Loki says it is imperative to use Brach's Imperials brand as
there are waxes

in other cinnamon candy that will collect in your jug and make a
nasty mess)

1 Gallon Apple Cider
1 teaspoon Whole Cloves
1 teaspoon Whole Allspice
6 Whole Cinnamon Sticks

Pour off 750 ml of the apple cider into another container, so as to have
enough room to put in the rum. Then into a sauce pan put about 2 cups of
the cider from the cider jug, and all of the spices. Bring this mixture
to near boiling, then let it sit until it is cool. Now pour the sauce
pan of cider and all of the whole spices back into the cider jug. Now
pour the Rum into the cider jug. The most important part of making this
Wonderful Jug Elixir is that it must rest for at least a month, longer
is better. Pour off into several smaller jugs. (This is for preservation
sake. This way if you fall down and break your jug at the party, you
won't loose all your good Apple Pie)

Note: Doc has found that the addition of 1 Cup of white sugar to the
mixture makes the Apple Pie taste a whole lot better. You might want to
try that too.

from Darla "Shoshone Woman" Moore (A Recipe given to her by Loki Apple)





Shrub

(An authentic beverage of the Fur Trade Era)
1 quart acid citrus juice (orange, lemon, grapefruit, etc.)
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups water
1 quart dark Spanish rum

Mix thoroughly in a large tin kettle. Be sure to leave in the fruit
rinds. Pass the kettle around to anyone within reach touting the true
authenticity for the Fur Trade.
(from the American Mountain Men)

Buckskinner Cookbook http://www.coon-n-crockett.org/cookbook.htm

Frank "Big Ugly" Spoerl of Des Moines, Iowa has kindly
donated his collection of approximately 662 wild game recipes to the
Buckskinner Cookbook! The recipes are in a 766K Text(.txt) file so you
can read and search them with Windows Wordpad. For faster download the
file is compressed.

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