Florida West Coast Cup
A historical recipe from What to drink, by Stockbridge, Bertha E. L. (Bertha Edson Lay) (1920).
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.
Source and licence
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.
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Ingredients
- 1 pint of carbonated water
- 1 quart of water
- ¾ cupful of sugar
- a pint of cracked ice
- 1 lemon
Method
- 3 oranges, 1 lemon, ½ small pineapple, 2 kumquats, 1 pint of carbonated water, 1 quart of water, ¾ cupful of sugar, Ice.
- Peel and shred the pineapple, saving all the juice;
- extract the juice from the oranges and the lemon.
- Boil one cupful of water and the sugar for six minutes and allow to cool.
- Mix the syrup thus made with the juices of the fruits, and pour into a tall slim glass pitcher;
- add the kumquats thinly sliced and the remaining pint and a half of water.
- Add a pint of cracked ice and the carbonated water.
- Stir well and serve at once.