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Lemonade

From The breadmaker's book of cooking lessons (1888).

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A historical recipe

The breadmaker's book of cooking lessons (1888).

Canada

Known as a Canadian 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. a pound of sugar
  2. a gallon 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. Cut in very thin, slices three lemons, put them in a basin, add half a pound of sugar, either white or brown ;
  2. bruise altogether, add a gallon of water, and stir well.
  3. It is then ready.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Wooden spoon
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Credit

From The breadmaker's book of cooking lessons (1888), printed page 146, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/breadmakersbooko00unse

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.