1892 The flowing bowl when and what to drink (1892, c1891)

MIXED DRINKS.

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59. l)iolct Cemoiwbe.

Mix a tablespoonful of violet syrup and a spoonful of sugar with the juice of >^ lemon in a glass of water (cold); this is a very pleasant drink, especially adapted against headache and nervous diseases.

60.

In a large glass the juice of half a lemon, a spoonful of pineapple syrup, a spoonful of sugar, 3 dashes of creme de violet. Fill your glass with ice, shake well, ornament with ice-cream and berries, and serve with a straw.

61. Cemonabe Jlarfait.

Put the rind of twelve peeled lemons in three quarts of boil- ing water; press their juice, after cooling, into the fluid; add one and a half pounds of pulverized sugar, three-fourths of a quart of Rhine wine and i pint of boiled milk; stir well and strain through canton flannel.

62. Apricot Sljerbrt.

From three pounds of ripe apricots select the largest ones, put the smaller ones with three gills of water in a stone pot, let boil until the pits fall out, strain the juice through canton flannel and squeeze the fruits well; boil the juice with one pound of sugar to a thick syrup; boil the larger ones soft in one and a half quarts of water until they burst. Take them out and remove the pits. Strain the water, in which they were boiled, into a bowl, add the syrup, put the fruit in, cut in two, with some lumps of ice, and season with almond essence.