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Powders, Lemonade

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. a pint of cold water
  2. an ounce of essence of lemon
  3. three ounces of loaf sugar
  4. a glass of lemonade
  5. four pounds of white sugar
  6. Rub

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. Take four pounds of white sugar, powdered, an ounce and a half of citric or tartaric acid, and a quarter of an ounce of essence of lemon.
  2. Mix well, and bottle for use.
  3. To make a glass of lemonade, take one to two dessert-spoonfuls of the powder.
  4. POWDERS, LEMONADE (another way).
  5. Powder half an ounce (apothecaries' weight) of citric or tartaric acid with three ounces of loaf sugar and a few drops of oil of lemon-peel.
  6. Rub these ingredients thoroughly together in a marble mortar, and divide the powder into twelve' parts.
  7. For use, dissolve one of these in half a pint of cold water.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Mortar and pestle
  • Chef's knife
  • Vegetable peeler