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A historical recipe from What to drink, by Stockbridge, Bertha E. L. (Bertha Edson Lay) (1920).

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What to drink: The blue book of beverages; recipes and directions for making and serving non-alcoholic drinks for all occasions, by Stockbridge, Bertha E. L. (Bertha Edson Lay) (1920). Project Gutenberg eBook #76921.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. 1 cupful of sugar
  2. 1 cupful of home-made raspberry syrup
  3. 1 quart of white grape juice
  4. 1 quart of ginger ale

Method

  1. 1 pineapple, 3 oranges, 2 lemons, 1 cupful of sugar, 1 cupful of home-made raspberry syrup, 1 quart of white grape juice, 1 quart of ginger ale, Ice, Cherries, Water.
  2. Extract the juice from the oranges and lemons, and mix with the raspberry syrup and the sugar;
  3. grate the pineapple and add to the foregoing mixture, adding enough iced water to make a full pint.
  4. Allow this to stand for ten minutes, arrange a square of ice in a punch bowl and pour the mixture over, adding the grape juice and ginger ale just at serving time.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Mixing bowl
  • Grater
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From What to drink, by Stockbridge, Bertha E. L. (Bertha Edson Lay) (1920). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #76921 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76921). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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.