May Drink
INGREDIENTS for sufficient for 4 persons. A bottle of any light wine, such as hock, half a large lemon, 6 black currant leaves, 6 oz. of sugar, a little woodruff, 1/4 pint of water, ice. AVERAGE COST, 2s.
Steep the leaves and woodruff with the rind of the lemon and the sugar in the water, until it is strongly flavoured. Pour in the wine, stir well, then strain into a glass jug, adding a few fresh leaves of woodruff and some broken ice before serving.
SEASONABLE in summer.