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Iced Tea

A historical recipe from Molly Gavin's own cookbook, by Molly Gavin (1927).

A historical recipe

Molly Gavin's own cookbook, by Molly Gavin (1927). Project Gutenberg eBook #77698.

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 Molly Gavin's own cookbook, by Molly Gavin (1927). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #77698 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77698). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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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.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Follow recipe for making tea;
  2. strain into glasses ⅓ full of cracked ice;
  3. sweeten to taste, and allow one slice lemon to each glass of tea.
  4. Mint or spearmint leaves in each glass into which the hot tea is strained gives a delicious taste.