The Epicure's Almanac or Diary of Good Living
July 15th : VARIOUS HIBERNIAN PREPARATIONS OF THE CRATURE
The Irish housewives are in the habit of putting currants both red and black, raspberries, and even the humble blackberry, into whisky.
These fruits all add to the flavour of “a jug of punch ;" a glass or two of the black currant gives a fine colouring to “a syllabub warm from the cow," and a wine-glass of the blackberry infusion is often administered medicinally with good effect.