Cook Book

A cookbook you were meant to finish yourself — every recipe page faces a blank leaf for your own, and the woman who owned this copy filled eleven of them.

Beverages

16 recipes in this part of Cook Book.

Ginger Pop

To two gallons of lukewarm water allow two pounds of white sugar, two lemons, one tablespoon of cream of tartar, a cup of yeast and two…

Cream Soda

One pound of loaf sugar, one pint of rich cream, one quart of water, one tablespoon of vanilla and one-quarter of an ounce of tartaric…

Orange Bouillon

The juice from enough fresh ripe oranges to make one quart of solid juice. Heat to boiling point, then add one tablespoon of dissolved…

Pineapple Punch

To make a fascinating violet-tinted punch of delicate flavor, put one cup of grated pineapple with one pint of water, cook for fifteen…

Fruit Punch

Of the making of punches there is no end, but I give one which slips down with ease. Put one pint of water and one pound of sugar and the…

Egg Lemonade

Boil together two cups of sugar and three cups of water ten minutes. Add the grated rind of one lemon and the juice of three. Allow this to…

Chocolate Cream Nectar

This may be made either from cake chocolate or from any of the cocoa pow ders, and a trial will determine which is the more agreeable. Melt…

Iced Coffee with Orange Flavor

One quart of strong coffee and two cups of sugar boiled together ten minutes. Allow this to cool and add to each cup or glass one…

Black Currant Cup

To one quart of weak green tea add half a pint of black currant juice; sweeten to taste and chill thoroughly before serving.

Ching Ching

Fill a glass two-thirds full of shaved ice; add three or four lumps of sugar, the juice of a large orange and a few drops each of essence…

Raspberry Shrub

Add to eight quarts of fine ripe black raspberries sufficient vinegar to reach the top, but not to cover them. Let stand in a stone jar for…

Strawberry Punch

Boil a quart of water and two and one-half cups of sugar for about ten minutes, add one cup and a quarter of strawberry juice, and cool…

Fruit Cup

Take the juice of half a lemon, one tablespoon each of lime and pineapple juice, four ounces of sugar and half the amount of shaved ice…

Pineapple Lemonade

Pare, eye and grate a large ripe pineapple; add the strained juice of four lemons and a syrup made by boiling together for four minutes one…

Raspberry Syrup

To each pint of strained raspberry juice add one pound of granulated sugar. Let it stand over night. In the morning boil it for ten minutes…

Fruit Beverage

Peel twelve lemons very thin, squeeze the juice over the peel and let stand two hours, then add one pound of sugar. Mash one quart of ripe…

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