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Lemonade

A historical recipe from The progress meatless cook book, by Lake, Carlotta M. (Carlotta Mixer) (1911).

A historical recipe

The progress meatless cook book: And valuable recipes and suggestions for cleaning clothing, hats, gloves, house furnishings, walls and woodwork and all kinds of helps for the household, by Lake, Carlotta M. (Carlotta Mixer) (1911). Project Gutenberg eBook #77733.

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 progress meatless cook book, by Lake, Carlotta M. (Carlotta Mixer) (1911). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #77733 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77733). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Cut lemons in two, remove the juice with a lemon reamer and pour into glasses, or according to quantity required, pour into a pitcher.
  2. Sweeten to taste.
  3. Dissolve the sugar in a little hot water and let cool before adding.
  4. One ordinary sized lemon makes three glasses of lemonade.
  5. Add sugar and ice water or pour water over cracked ice in glasses.
  6. A cupful of grape or raspberry juice, or a few crushed mint leaves are good in a pitcher of lemonade.