On Uncle Sam's Water Wagon

Five hundred delicious drinks and no bar bill — Prohibition-eve refreshment from 1919, tea to temperance punch.

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Tea

8 recipes

Coffee

18 recipes

Chocolate

31 recipes

Cocoa

16 recipes

Milk and Malted Milk

10 recipes

Egg Drinks

25 recipes

Lemon and Lime

56 recipes

Orange and Pineapple

46 recipes

Strawberry and Raspberry

53 recipes

Fruit Drinks and Cider

54 recipes

Grape Juice

28 recipes

Ginger and Ginger Ale

15 recipes

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Highlights

Orgeat Lemonade

Mix the juice of half a lemon, one tablespoonful of powdered sugar, and one half wineglass of orgeat syrup. Shake well, pour into…

Barley Water with Raisins

Boil a cupful of pearl barley with a handful of seeded raisins in two quarts of boiling water for three hours, or cook overnight…

Almond Cup

Bruise a handful of mint, sprinkle on a tablespoonful of sugar, and add a little water. Let stand until the sugar is dissolved…

Grape Juice

"He bid me taste of it: and 'twas--the Grape." Rubaiyat. Grape Juice No. 1 Wash grapes and stem them and put into a…

Hot Lime Pepsin

Mix one tablespoonful each of lime juice and lemon syrup. Add one teaspoonful of essence of pepsin, and fill up the glass with…

Raspberry Shrub

Pour a quart of vinegar over four quarts of mashed red raspberries. Let stand twenty-four hours. Then strain. Allow one pound of…

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