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Vanilla Syrup (Mix drachms boiling water)

Vanilla, 6 mix. drachms; boiling water, 44 pints; sugar, 4 1407. Wintergreen Syrup. Oil of pounds avoirdupois. Reduce the vanilla to wintergreen, 25 drops; simple syrup, 5 pints; fine powder by trituration with a portion of sufficient burnt sugar to color (see No. 694); the sugar; boil this with water for 2 hours in a covered vessel, then strain.

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