Photo: Ernest Porzi
Ingredients
- 1 pint of boiling water
- 1 pint of lemonade
- 1/2 lemon
- 3 thick slices
Directions
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1870. INGREDIENTS.--1/2 lemon, lump sugar to taste, 1 pint of boiling water.
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_Mode_.--Pare off the rind of the lemon thinly; cut the lemon into 2 or 3 thick slices, and remove as much as possible of the white outside pith, and all the pips. Put the slices of lemon, the peel, and lump sugar into a jug; pour over the boiling water; cover it closely, and in 2 hours it will be fit to drink. It should either be strained or poured off from the sediment.
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_Time_.--2 hours. _Average cost_, 2d.
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_Sufficient_ to make 1 pint of lemonade. _Seasonable_ at any time.
By Isabella Beeton ·
Recipe sourced from
gutenberg