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Fontenelle's Gaseous Lemonade

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United States

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

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. Lemonades
  2. six ounces of powdered sugar
  3. one drachm of citric acid
  4. Lemon
  5. eight ounces of pure water
  6. one and three-quarter pints of soda water

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. Take one drachm of citric acid in powder, six ounces of powdered sugar, eight ounces of pure water, four drops of essence of lemon, and one and three-quarter pints of soda water : dissolve the sugar and the acid in the pure water, add the essence of lemon, divide the solution in bottles of twenty-ounces capacity, and fill them with the soda-water.
  2. This commercial soda-water contains five times its weight of carbonic acid gas.
  3. Citric acid, 1 dr.;
  4. sugar, 6 oz.;
  5. pure water, 8 oz.;
  6. essence of lemon, 4 drops ;
  7. water charged with gas, 1 f pts.
  8. When these gaseous lemonades are to be kept for a long time, a grain of the sulphate of soda should be introduced into each bottle.
  9. In this manner they can be preserved indefinitely.
  10. In a short time, the soda will be found to have entirely disappeared.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife