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

Ingredients 10 ingredients

  1. Lemon
  2. Shaved ice
  3. Water
  4. one wine
  5. one teaspoonful of sugar
  6. Scotch whiskey
  7. Punch
  8. Liqueur
  9. Irish whiskey
  10. Brandy

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Lemon High in vitamin C · Source of protein

    High in vitamin C · 53 mg per 100 g, 66% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Source of protein · 1.1 g per 100 g, 15% of the energy from protein

    • Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Lemons, raw, without peel”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Use large tumbler.
  2. One table-spoonful of sugar ;
  3. one wine glass of port wine one liqueur glass of brandy ;
  4. the juice of the quarter of a lemon ;
  5. fill the tumbler with shaved ice, shake well, and ornament with fruits, and serve with a straw.
  6. 24 69th REGIMENT PUNCH.
  7. In eariliern jug.
  8. Half a wine glass of Irish whiskey ;
  9. half a wine glass of Scotch whiskey ;
  10. one teaspoonful of sugar ;
  11. a piece of lemon ;
  12. two wine glasses of hot water.
  13. This is a capital punch for a cold night.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Whisk
  • Chef's knife
  • Measuring jug
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Credit

From American & other drinks (1878), printed page 23, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b2039715x

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.