1864 Bar Tender's Guide price $2 00 by Jerry Thomas

LEMONADE POWDEES.

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228. Soda Nectar. (Uso Inrgo tuublcr.)

Juice of 1 lemon. J tumblerful of water. Powdered white sugar to taste. ^ small teaspoonful of carbonate of soda.

Strain the juice of the lemon, and add it to the water, with suiBcient wliite sugar to sweeten the whole nicelj. "When well mixed, put in the soda, stir well, and drink while the mixture is in an effervescing state. 229. Drink for the Dog Days. A bottle of soda-water poured into a large goblet, in which a lemon ice has been placed, forms a dehciously cool and refreshing drink; hut should be taken with some care, and positively avoided whilst you are very hot. 230. Sherbet. Eight ounces of carbonate of soda, six ounces of tartaric acid, two pounds of loaf-sugar (finely powdered), thi-ee drachms of essence of lemon. Let the powders he very dry. Mix them intimately, and keep them for use in a wide-mouthed bottle, closely corked. Put two good-sized teaspoonfuls into a tumbler j pour in half a pint of cold water, stir briskly, and drink off. 231, Lemonade Powders. One pound of fi nely-powdered loaf-sugar, one ounce of tartaric or citric acid, and twenty drops of essence of lemon. Mix, and keep very dry. Two or three teaspoon fuls of this stirred briskly in a tumbler of water will make a very pleasant glass of lemonade. If effervescent lemon-

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