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PINEAPPLE CARDINAL (a cooling drink)

Peel a pineapple, and cut it into thin slices. Put these into a deep dish, cover them with powdered sugar, and let them stand four or five hours. Put the rind into a small stewpan, with as much water as will cover it, bring it to a boil, skim it, and pour it over the fruit. Add six ounces of refined sugar and a bottle of light wine. Cover the vessel which contains the fruit, etc., and leave it in a cool place for two hours. When it is wanted for use, stir it well, and mix with it a bottle of seltzer. If a larger quantity of the beverage is required, another bottle or more of wine may be added, but it must be remembered that six ounces of sugar must be put in with every additional bottle. If preferred, champagne may be used instead of seltzer. Time, seven or eight hours. Probable cost, pineapples, when cheap, 1s. to 2s. each.