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Lemon Syrup

From Mrs. C. H. Leonard's cook book, (1923).

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A historical recipe

Mrs. C. H. Leonard's cook book,, by Leonard, Emma Jane Carr, 1851- comp (1923).

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

  1. 6 lbs. of sugar
  2. a tumbler of water

Method

  1. Juice of 12 lemons;
  2. grate in the rinds of 3, let it stand over night.
  3. Make a thick syrup of 6 lbs.
  4. of sugar;
  5. add lemon juice;
  6. strain, put in bottles, cork well.
  7. Use 1 tablespoon to a tumbler of water.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Grater
  • Sieve
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Credit

From Mrs. C. H. Leonard's cook book, (1923), printed page 178, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mrschleonardscoo00leon

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.