Hot Lemonade
From How to feed the sick (1885).
A historical recipe
How to feed the sick, by Ch. (Charles) Gatchell and Gatchell, Ch. (Charles), 1851-1910. How to feed the sick, or, Diet in disease (1885).
United States
Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.
Ingredients 2 ingredients
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Method
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- Lemon-juice, - - two tablespoonfuls ;
- Boiling water, - - one gobletful ;
- Sugar, - one tablespoonful.
- Put all into a hot bowl and stir for a few minutes.
- Drink hot.
- Good when it is desired to induce a perspiration.
- Recipe 100.
- Lemon-ice.
- Six lemons ;
- One large sweet orange ;
- One pint of water ;
- One pint of sugar.
- Grate the peel of three of the lemons, and remove the rind of the orange.
- Squeeze out every drop of juice from the orange and all the lemons, and steep it in the rind of orange and lemons one hour.
- Strain, squeezing the bag dry : mix in the sugar, and then the water.
- Stir until dissolved, and freeze in a freezer, opening three times to mix all together.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan
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Mixing bowl
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Grater
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Vegetable peeler
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Wooden spoon
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Sieve