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Lemonade

From The Gate City cook book (1915).

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A historical recipe

The Gate City cook book, by Atlanta. Ponce de Leon Baptist Church. Ladies' Aid Society. [from old catalog] (1915).

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. Roll the lemon till soft, use three lemons to one quart of water, squeeze out every drop of juice, sweeten to taste.
  2. When wine is used take two-thirds of water and one of wine, or reject the wine and add sliced pineapple and maraschino cherries.
  3. A little soda added is liked by many.
  4. Mrs.
  5. C.
  6. Y.
  7. House.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
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Credit

From The Gate City cook book (1915), printed page 86, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/gatecitycookbook00atla

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.