Lemonade for Invalids
A historical recipe from The Book of Household Management, by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) (1861).
A historical recipe
The Book of Household Management, by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) (1861). Project Gutenberg eBook #10136.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.
Source and licence
From The Book of Household Management, by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) (1861). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #10136 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10136). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
- 1 pint of boiling water
- 1 pint of lemonade
Method
- 1870.
- INGREDIENTS.--1/2 lemon, lump sugar to taste, 1 pint of boiling water.
- Mode.--Pare off the rind of the lemon thinly;
- cut the lemon into 2 or 3 thick slices, and remove as much as possible of the white outside pith, and all the pips.
- Put the slices of lemon, the peel, and lump sugar into a jug;
- pour over the boiling water;
- cover it closely, and in 2 hours it will be fit to drink.
- It should either be strained or poured off from the sediment.
- Sufficient to make 1 pint of lemonade.
- Seasonable at any time.