Cook and Be Cool

Twenty complete cold luncheons for hot weather — “efficiency is only another name for intelligent laziness.”

Cold Drinks

15 recipes in this part of Cook and Be Cool.

Sugar Syrup

To every half cupful of water use one cupful of sugar and boil slowly for five minutes. Bottle and keep on ice ready for immediate use in…

Tea Punch

Make fresh tea as needed, use a teaspoonful of orange pekoe tea to each cup of water. Boil your water and pour on the tea, let steep three…

Egg Nog

Beat the yolk of an egg with a teaspoonful of sugar. Whip the white, add them together, put in a tall glass, add a teaspoonful of sherry or…

Koumiss

Dissolve two tablespoonfuls of sugar in twelve tablespoonfuls of hot water, add a quarter of a yeast cake, and to this a quart of milk…

Easy Grape Juice

Pick over the grapes, taking out all imperfect or unripe ones. Into each quart preserving jar, put a half cupful of sugar and a cupful of…

Cider Punch

Beat up a glass of apple jelly to a froth, add a cupful of boiling water and a quart of cider. Flavor with nutmeg. Fill glasses with shaved…

Currant Punch

Two glasses of currant jelly, the juice of three oranges, and two lemons, a half cup of sugar and a pint of boiling water. Dilute to…

Cream Coffee Cold

Place in a shaker half a cup of coffee, one tablespoonful of sugar, two of cream and four of crushed ice. Shake and pour into a tall glass…

Egg Lemonade

Put in a tall glass a raw egg, the juice of a lemon and a tablespoonful of sugar. Fill up the glass with water. Put some shaved ice in a…

Orangeade

Put the juice of an orange and a tablespoonful of sugar in a tall glass and fill half full of water. Stir well and add the stiffly beaten…

Powdered Milk Punch

Put in a shaker two teaspoonfuls of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of whole milk powder, two tablespoonfuls of crushed ice and a tablespoonful…

Malted Milk

Mix a tablespoonful of malted milk in a little cold water, put a raw egg in a shaker, add the malted milk and a glassful of cold milk…

Grape Juice Cocktail

To the juice of one large orange add a cup of grape juice, a quarter of a cupful of Italian vermouth, half a cup of water in which two…

Cider and Vermouth Punch

To one quart of sweet cider add the juice of two oranges and one lemon, strained, and a cupful of Italian vermouth. Stir well and put on…

Fruit Punch

In a punch bowl put a large piece of ice, on this pour a cup of dry vermouth, two cups of currant juice, two cups of diced pineapple, the…

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