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June Tea Punch

From Consolidated library of modern cooking and household recipes (1904).

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A historical recipe

Consolidated library of modern cooking and household recipes, by Christine Terhune Herrick (1904).

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 1 ingredient

  1. a teaspoonful powdered sugar

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. Brew a strong tea;
  2. place in fancy pot;
  3. fill thin glasses with shaved ice ;
  4. use a teaspoonful powdered sugar, 2 maraschino cherries, with slice of lime on top ;
  5. pour hot tea over the whole and serve each glass on a lace-paper doily, placed on dainty china plates.
  6. This is a soothing outdoor refreshment for a hot afternoon.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
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Credit

From Consolidated library of modern cooking and household recipes (1904), printed page 32, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/consolidatedlib01herrgoog

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.