How To Make Koumiss

There are people who profesa to like komniss, and there are many more people who, being invalids and unable to drink milk in its f resh state, find koumisa a refreshing and ïmtritious drink. ïhe Arabs make it of mare's milk, but cow's milk is used in America. Have the milk pure. Add to a quart of it two tablespoonfuls of wliite sugar previously melted in a little hot water. Add a small quantity of compressed yeast. Repeated experiment will teil how much or how little is best liked by any individual. Fill a bottle with the mixture. Cork tightly and tie the cork iircnly. Shake vigorously. Place it in a temperature of 50 to 55 degs. Fahrenheit for gis hours, and then put on ice over night. Open carefully, for it is very i cent. If curdled it has overf'ermented j and must not be used.