1931 Cuban Cookery by Blanche Z de Baralt

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1 spoonful lime juice 2 spoonfuls Grenadine syrup cracked ice and water.

ORGEAT. (Horchata).

This is very different from the orgeat made with syrup of almonds. It is the genuine milk of almonds we used to read about. 2 ounces blanched almonds pounded to a pulp in a mortar or very £inely ground, are worked with a heaping tablespoonful of sugar and water enough· to make one l;rge glassful. added very gradually. This is strained and cooled with ice. Only young, green coconuts have the necessary liquid. But a medium sized one will give two large glasses of delicious water which needs nothing more than the addition of a little ice to be perfect. Sometimes a teaspoonful of sugar ,enhancei; the taste, but generally the juice is sweet enough without it. Coconut water is considered a won– derful remedy for kidney trouble and _ doctors here prescribe it~ many persons COCONUT WATER