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Vanilla Essence

Procure a quarter pound of best vanilla in sticks, slice on a small wooden board as finely as possible, place in mortar with three ounces lump sugar and thoroughly pound. Remove, place in a quart bottle, fill up with pure ninety-degree alcohol, cork bottle tightly, thoroughly shake, and after a day's infusion it can be used. Be very careful to always shake bottle thoroughly before using, and always keep it tightly corked. N.B. When the essence is all finished, add one-third the amount vanilla and sugar (prepared same as before) to bottle, also balance of vanilla, fill up bottle again with alcohol and keep as before.