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Hot Spiced Lemonade

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 3 ingredients

  1. 3 teaspoonfuls of sugar
  2. 1¼ cupfuls of boiling water
  3. ⅛ teaspoonful of ground ginger

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

  1. ½ lemon, 3 teaspoonfuls of sugar, 1¼ cupfuls of boiling water, ⅛ teaspoonful of ground ginger.
  2. Extract the juice from the half lemon, add the sugar and ginger;
  3. strain and add the boiling water.
  4. Stir until the sugar is dissolved and serve.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve
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.