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Lemonade

From Gillett's magic cook book (1892).

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A historical recipe

Gillett's magic cook book, by Egbert W Gillett (1892).

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. three pints 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. Four medium sized lemons, three pints of water, sugar to taste.
  2. Cut the lemons in two after washing them thoroughly;
  3. place one-half at a time in a lemon squeezer and squeeze dry;
  4. put the juice in a pitcher with the sugar and pour on the water, add the ice in small pieces, when dissolved stir and serve.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Wooden spoon
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Credit

From Gillett's magic cook book (1892), printed page 263, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/gillettsmagiccoo00gill

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.