1895 American Bar-Tender by R. C. Miller

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-vvith sufficient white sugar to sweeten the whole nicely: When well mixed, put in the soda, stir well, and drink while the mixture is in an effervescing state. 239. 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 deliciously cool and refreshing drink; but should be taken with some care, and positively avoided whilst you are very hot. 240. Sherbet. Eight ounces of carbonate of soda, six ounces of tar- taric acid, two pounds of loaf-sugar (finely powdered), three drachms of essence of lemon. Let the powders be very dry. Mix them intiniately, and keep them for use in a wide-mouthed bottle, closely corked. Put two good-sized teaspoonfuls into a tumbler; pour in half a pint of cold water, stir briskly, aud drink off. 241. Lemonade Powders. One pound of finely-powdered loaf-sugar, one ounce of tartartic or citric acid, and twenty drops of essence of lemon. Mix, and keep very dry. Two or three tea- spoonfuls of this stirred briskly in a tumbler of water will make a very pleasant glass of lemonade. If effer vescent lemonade be desired, one ounce of carbonate of soda must be added to the above. 242. Draught Lemonade, or Lemon Sherbet. Four lemons sliced, four ounces of lump-sugar, one quart of boiling water. Very fine. A cheaper drink may be made thus:—One ounce of cream of tartar, one