Take young sprouts of smallage--wash and drain them till perfectly dry.
Cut them in small pieces, put them in a bottle, with seeded raisins,
having an alternate layer of each. When the bottle is two-thirds full of
the smallage, turn in French brandy, till the bottle is full. Let it
remain three or four days, to have the smallage absorb the brandy--then
put in as much more brandy as the bottle will hold. It will be fit for
use in the course of eight or ten days. This is an excellent family
medicine.