1919 Home made beverages

— N on- Alcoholic

Beverages

Water may be added according to taste

lemonade. afterward. 3.

— Peel off the rind, cut the lemon in two and squeeze the juice into a glass, add 2 tablespoonfuls powdered sugar, chipped ice and water; shake well and strain into a thin glass in which a little shaved ice has been placed; decorate with fruits and serve with straws. Soda lemon- ade may be made by adding soda water in place of plain water. 4. — Strain the juice of 1 lemon into }/% pt. of cold water, sweeten to taste, then stir in J^ teaspoonful carbonate of soda, and drink while the mixture is in an effervescing state. ApoUinaris. — Juice of 1 lemon; powdered sugar, 1 spoonful; cracked ice, }£ glass. Shake, strain and fill with ApoUinaris water, add 2 cherries and shoe of lemon. Artificial. — 1. — Loaf sugar, 2 lb.; tartaric acid, % oz.; essence of lemon, 30 drops; essence of almonds, 20 drops. Dissolve the tartaric acid in 2 pt. hot water, add the sugar and lastly the lemon and almond; stir well, cover with a cloth and leave until cold; put 2 tablespoonfuls into a tumbler and fill up with cold water. When lemons are cheap it never pays to bother with a substitute. The addition of a very little bicarbonate of potash to each tumblerful just before drinking will give a wholesome effervescing drink. 2. — Succus Limonium Factitius. — Citric or tartaric acid 2% cm.; gum, J^ oz.; pieces of fresh lemon peel, % oz.; loaf sugar, 2 oz.; boiling water, 1 qt.; macerate with oc- casional agitation till cold and strain. Excellent. 3. — Water, 1 pt.; sugar, 1 oz.; essence of lemon, 30 drops; pure acetic acid to acidulate. Inferior. Both are used to make lemonade. Boiled Lemonade. — 1. — The juice of 3 lemons, 5 table- spoonfuls of sugar and 1 cupful boiling water added to the lemons and sugar. Set aside to cool. When ready for use, put in lemonade glasses with cracked ice and dilute with water. 88

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