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Tea Punch

From Aunt Daisy's Cookery Book 1953 (1953).

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A historical recipe

Aunt Daisy's Cookery Book 1953, by Aunt Daisy (Maud Basham) (1953).

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

Ingredients 7 ingredients

  1. One cup hot tea
  2. 9 tablespoons orange juice
  3. 4 tablespoons lemon juice
  4. 4 tablespoons sugar
  5. 1 pint ginger ale
  6. 1 pint soda water
  7. 3 tablespoons sherry

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Lemon juice High in vitamin C

    High in vitamin C · 39 mg per 100 g, 48% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Lemon juice, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Method

  1. One cup hot tea, 9 tablespoons orange juice, 4 tablespoons lemon juice, 4 tablespoons sugar, 1 pint ginger ale, 1 pint soda water, and if liked 3 tablespoons sherry.
  2. Pour the hot tea on the sugar, when dissolved add the orange and lemon juice.
  3. When cold add ginger ale, soda water, and sherry, also some shaved ice.
  4. Serve in glasses decorated with small sprigs of mint, or thin slices of orange.

Plating

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Credit

From Aunt Daisy's Cookery Book 1953 (1953), printed page 416, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/AuntDaisysCookeryBook1953

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.