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Grape Juice Lemonade

A historical recipe from Stevenson Memorial Cook Book, by Hurlbut, William D., Mrs. (1919).

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A historical recipe

Stevenson Memorial Cook Book, by Hurlbut, William D., Mrs. (1919). Project Gutenberg eBook #31102.

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

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. a cup of granulated sugar
  2. one pint of grape juice
  3. a quart of liquid

Method

  1. Mix the juice of two lemons with half a cup of granulated sugar, then stir in one pint of grape juice;
  2. continue to stir it until the sugar is dissolved, add enough cold water to make a quart of liquid;
  3. turn into a pitcher in which there is a piece of ice.
  4. Add a few thin slices of lemon from which the seeds have been removed, and a few maraschino cherries.
  5. Serve with an extra supply of lemon and pineapple, cherries and sprigs of fresh mint, that each glass may be decorated.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Wooden spoon
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Stevenson Memorial Cook Book, by Hurlbut, William D., Mrs. (1919). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #31102 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31102). 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.