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California Punch

A historical recipe from Molly Gavin's own cookbook, by Molly Gavin (1927).

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A historical recipe

Molly Gavin's own cookbook, by Molly Gavin (1927). Project Gutenberg eBook #77698.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. 4 c syrup
  2. 6 c water

Method

  1. Add 1½ c sugar to 4 c strong hot tea;
  2. stir until sugar is dissolved and chill;
  3. add 4 c syrup drained from crushed pineapple, ½ c lemon juice and 6 c water;
  4. chop 1 c mint leaves and mix with ½ c powdered sugar;
  5. place in bottom of punch bowl with some pieces of ice and pour the punch over it;
  6. serves 25 persons.

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Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Molly Gavin's own cookbook, by Molly Gavin (1927). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #77698 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77698). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.