1891 Drinks à La Mode by Mrs de Salis

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COOLING DRINKS.

Bomba.

Italian Drink.

Blanch two ounces of sweet almonds and rub them to a smooth pulp in a mortar with an equal weight of sugar ; to this add a single bitter almond, also rubbed to a paste. One quart of water should be gradually added in a thin stream to this pulp, and the mixing must continue the whole time.

Cranberry Drink.

Put a teacupful of cranberries into a cupful of water and mash them. Boil two quarts of water with one large table-spoonful of oatmeal and a bit of lemon peel ; add the cranberries, a little sugar, and a gill of white wine ; boil for half an hour and strain. Eau Sucree. Half a pound of sugar to one pint of boiling water.

Gingerade.

Crush an ounce of whole ginger, pour over it a quart of boiling water, cover the vessel, and let the D