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Lemonade

From The new helping hand, a collection of family receipts (1888).

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A historical recipe

The new helping hand, a collection of family receipts , by [Stone, Elizabeth, Mrs.] [from old catalog] (1888).

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 2 ingredients

  1. one tablespoonful sugar
  2. one tumbler water

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.
  • Hot sugar. Hot sugar sticks to skin and burns far hotter than boiling water: don't touch or taste it. Keep a bowl of cold water close, and keep children away while it cooks.

Method

  1. Allow for each lemon, one tablespoonful sugar, one tumbler water.
  2. Boil the sugar and water together;
  3. mix, strain and cool.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Sieve
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Credit

From The new helping hand, a collection of family receipts (1888), printed page 43, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/newhelpinghandco00ston

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.