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Lemonade

From "Mother Hubbard's cupboard," or, Canadian cook book (1881).

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A historical recipe

"Mother Hubbard's cupboard," or, Canadian cook book, by G.C. Briggs & Sons (Hamilton, Ont.), issuing body (1881).

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 1 ingredient

  1. three tablespoons of white sugar

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. for Fever Pattents—Arrow-root, two or three teaspoons, rubbed} up with a little cold water in a bowl or pitcher which will hold about one quart ;
  2. then squeeze in the juice of half a good sized lemon with two or three tablespoons of white sugar, and pour on boiling water to fill the dish, constantly stirring whilst adding the | boiling water.
  3. Cover the dish, and when cold it may be freely drank to allay thirst, as also to nourish the weak.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Wooden spoon
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Credit

From "Mother Hubbard's cupboard," or, Canadian cook book (1881), printed page 61, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_mother-hubbards-cupboard_TX7156M681881-23337

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.