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

A historical recipe

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.

Source and licence

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.

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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. 1 teaspoonful of powdered sugar, ½ lemon, ½ pint of ginger ale, Ice.
  2. Put the sugar and lemon juice in a tall glass, stir until the sugar is dissolved;
  3. add two or three pieces of ice, and pour over this a bottle of ginger ale.
  4. Stir and remove the ice.
  5. Serve.