1907 Smacks and Smiles (Tenth edition) by Charles Smith

Flaxseed Tea.

Add half a cupful of flaxseed to four cupfuls, or a quart, of boiling water. Letit boil half an hour. Let it stand fifteen or twenty minutes near the fire, after it has boiled. Of course the longer it stands the thicker it becomes. Strain,sweeten to taste, and add a little lemon-juice, or not, as preferred. Thisis a beneficial drink forcoughs, etc.

Flaxseed and Licorice Tea.

Pour one pint of boiling water over one ounce of flaxseed, not bruised, and two drachms of licorice-root bruised, and place the covered vessel near the fire for four hours. Strain through a sieve.

Floradora Cooler.

Use a large bar glass.

3 dashes of lemon juice. Squeeze + of a lime into it. 1 table-spoon of sugar. 1 wine-glass of Plymouth Gin. 3 dashes of Apricotine.

Add a little water, shake well, strain into a fancy Saner glass and serve. 48

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