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Soda Lemonade

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

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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.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. 1 teaspoonful of sugar
  2. ½ cupful of cracked ice

Method

  1. ½ lemon, 1 teaspoonful of sugar, ½ cupful of cracked ice, Plain soda.
  2. Put the juice of half a lemon and the sugar into a tall glass with the ice, stir with a long handled spoon, using the left hand;
  3. pour in the soda with the right.
  4. Serve at once.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Wooden spoon
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.