1922 Home-Made Beverages and American Drinks by M E Steedman

Home-made Beverages.

Acidulated Alksdi. Rub 8 oz. of loaf sugar on the rinds of 5 large fresh lemons till all the zest is extracted, then pound and sift it, add 4 oz. each of bicarbonate of soda and tartaric acid, and store in an air tight bottle. When required, stir 2teaspoonfuls of the powder into a tumbler of water,and drink while effervescing. Ale Berry. Soak 2 table-spoonfuls of oatmeal groats in a gill of water for an hour, then strain into a saucepan, add i pint of boiling ale or porter and sugar and ground ginger to taste. Boil gently for ten minutes, then serve. Ale Flip. Boil IJ pints of ale, i oz. of butter, half a blade of mace, a clove, and J oz. of sugar to gether, then pour on to a well beaten egg mixed with a spoonful of cold ale. Whisk well until frothy, then serve at once. Ale Jingle. Put a roasted apple and 2 slices of plum cake into a pint jug,fill up with hot ale, add sugar and grated nutmeg to taste, and serve. Ale Mulled (No. 1). Beat the yolk of a large egg, a teaspoonful of sugarand a table-spoonful of cream together,add half a pint of hot ale, stir over the fire till the mixture is thick, but not boiling, add grated nutmeg to taste, and serve. Ale Mulled(No.2). Boil a pint of ale with 2 cloves, a small piece of root ginger, 2 teaspoonfuls of sugar and i oz. butter together, and pour gradually on to 3 eggs beaten up with a table-spoonful of cold ale. Pour the mixture rapidly from one jug into another until well frothed, heat it again, talcing care that it does not boil,add a table-spoonful of brandy, and serve.