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Epicurean Sauce. Indian soy, 2 ounces; walnut catsup, mushroom catsup, each 8 ounces; port wine, 2 ounces; bruised alcohol, 1 pint. Digest with agitation for 2 white pepper, ounce; shallots, 3 ounces; weeks. cayenne, 1 ounce ; cloves, ounce. Macerate for 14 days in a warm place, strain, and add Take of black pepper, 14 ounces; allspice, 5

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