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Cider Cup

A historical recipe from What to drink, by Stockbridge, Bertha E. L. (Bertha Edson Lay) (1920).

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A historical recipe

What to drink: The blue book of beverages; recipes and directions for making and serving non-alcoholic drinks for all occasions, by Stockbridge, Bertha E. L. (Bertha Edson Lay) (1920). Project Gutenberg eBook #76921.

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

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. 1 quart of sweet cider
  2. ½ pint of white grape juice
  3. 1 pint of carbonated water
  4. a pint of crushed

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. 1 quart of sweet cider, ½ pint of white grape juice, 1 pint of carbonated water, Mint, Skinned and seeded malaga grapes, Shredded pineapple.
  2. Mix the cider and grape juice and pour over a pint of crushed or cracked ice;
  3. add a quarter of a pineapple finely shredded and the malaga grapes, and when ready to serve pour in the carbonated water.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From What to drink, by Stockbridge, Bertha E. L. (Bertha Edson Lay) (1920). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #76921 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76921). 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.