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Lemonade

From The American home cook book, a volume of tested recipes (1913).

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A historical recipe

The American home cook book, a volume of tested recipes, by Grace E Denison (1913).

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. 4 tablespoonfuls sugar
  2. 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. 4 lemons.
  2. 1 qt.
  3. water, or a bottle of 4 tablespoonfuls sugar.
  4. Apollinaris.
  5. Four lemons, rolled, peeled, and sliced ;
  6. four large spoonfuls of sugar;
  7. one quart of water.
  8. Put lemons (sliced) and sugar into a pitcher and let them stand for an hour, then add water and ice.
  9. If you substitute Apollinaris for plain water you have a most refreshing drink.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Vegetable peeler
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Credit

From The American home cook book, a volume of tested recipes (1913), printed page 453, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/americanhomecook00deni

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.