KIRSCH: Syrup or juice from black cherries, raspberries, boysenberries, currants, grapes or cherry cider.
COGNAC: Juice from peaches, apricots or pears.
COINTREAU: Orange juice, or frozen orange juice concentrate.
CREME DE MENTHE: Spearmint extract or oil of spearmint diluted with a little water or grapefruit juice.
RED BURGUNDY: Grape juice
WHITE BURGUNDY: White grape juice
CHAMPAGNE: Ginger Ale
CLARET: Grape or currant juice, or syrup from cherry cider.
FLAMBE’S OR FLAMING DESSERTS: The only substitute that might be used is a sugar cube soaded in lemon extract, then set atop a dessert and burned.
BEER OR ALE: Chicken broth, white grape juice, or gingerale
BRANDY: Apple cider, peach or apricot syrup.
RUM: Pineapple juice or syrup flavored with almond extract.
SHERRY: Orange or pineapple juice.
RED WINE: (unsweet) water, beef broth, boullion or consome, tomatoe juice (plain or diluted), diluted cider vinegar, or red wine vinegar, liquid drained from mushrooms.
WHITE WINE: (unsweet) water, chicken broth, boullion or consome, ginger ale, white grape juice, diluted cider vinegar or white wine vinegar, liquid from canned mushrooms.
NOTE*** To cut sweetness of the syrups, dilute with water. Also use flavor extracts for interesting flavors.
- KIRSCH: Syrup or juice from black cherries, raspberries, boysenberries, currants, grapes or cherry cider.
- COGNAC: Juice from peaches, apricots or pears.
- COINTREAU: Orange juice, or frozen orange juice concentrate.
- CREME DE MENTHE: Spearmint extract or oil of spearmint diluted with a little water or grapefruit juice.
- RED BURGUNDY: Grape juice
- WHITE BURGUNDY: White grape juice
- CHAMPAGNE: Ginger Ale
- CLARET: Grape or currant juice, or syrup from cherry cider.
- FLAMBE’S OR FLAMING DESSERTS: The only substitute that might be used is a sugar cube soaded in lemon extract, then set atop a dessert and burned.
- BEER OR ALE: Chicken broth, white grape juice, or gingerale
- BRANDY: Apple cider, peach or apricot syrup.
- RUM: Pineapple juice or syrup flavored with almond extract.
- SHERRY: Orange or pineapple juice.
- RED WINE: (unsweet) water, beef broth, boullion or consome, tomatoe juice (plain or diluted), diluted cider vinegar, or red wine vinegar, liquid drained from mushrooms.
- WHITE WINE: (unsweet) water, chicken broth, boullion or consome, ginger ale, white grape juice, diluted cider vinegar or white wine vinegar, liquid from canned mushrooms.
NOTE*** To cut sweetness of the syrups, dilute with water. Also use flavor extracts for interesting flavors.