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Lemon Punch

From The new Kentucky home cook book (1884).

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A historical recipe

The new Kentucky home cook book, by Maysville (Ky.). Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1884).

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. one quart of water

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. Dissolve oue pound of sugar with one quart of water;
  2. add two wine-glassfuls of lemon juice, two of old whisky, one of rum, and the lemons sliced.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Whisk
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
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Credit

From The new Kentucky home cook book (1884), printed page 321, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/newkentuckyhomec00mays

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.