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Punch Serves 25 People

From A collection of favorite recipes (1950).

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A historical recipe

A collection of favorite recipes, by N.C.)) Women's Society of Christian Service (Hayes Barton Methodist Church (Raleigh (1950).

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. 3 cups sugar
  2. 2 cups of tea

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.
  • 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. 6 oranges, 6 lemons, juice strain Cut orange and lemon peel up.
  2. Cover with water;
  3. simmer about 20 minutes, cool and strain.
  4. Boil 3 cups sugar and IVi cups water about 10 minutes.
  5. Mix together, then cool.
  6. Put in refrigerator in glass jar.
  7. Add 2 cups of tea and 2 bottles of gingerale when ready to serve.
  8. 2 cherries in each cup and crushed ice as needed.
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Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Sieve
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Credit

From A collection of favorite recipes (1950), printed page 9, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/collectionoffavo01wome

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.