On Uncle Sam's Water Wagon

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

Fruit Punches

44 recipes in this part of On Uncle Sam's Water Wagon.

Ginger Nectar

To one pint of molasses add two heaping teaspoonfuls of ginger. Stir until well blended, and add a gallon of water and enough cider vinegar…

Ginger Phosphate

Bruise two or three mint leaves in a glass half filled with cracked ice, and add one tablespoonful each of pineapple, grape, ginger, and…

Hot Ginger Cream

Mix two tablespoonfuls of ginger syrup with four tablespoonfuls of sweet cream. Add hot water and whipped cream.

Hot Egg Ginger

Break one egg into a shaker with two tablespoonfuls each of ginger syrup and grape juice and a little lemon juice. Shake well and strain…

Horse's Neck

Peel a lemon in one long strip and put it in a glass so that one end hangs over. Pour the juice of the lemon into a shaker with cracked…

Fruit Punches

"Fill up the bowl then, fill it high, Fill all the glasses then: for why Should every creature drink but I Why, man of morals, tell me…

Grape Ginger Punch

Squeeze the juice from five lemons, and put into a punch bowl with one cup of sugar, several bruised mint leaves, and one half cup of cold…

Raspberry Punch

Boil one half cup of sugar with one cup of water for five minutes. When cool add one cup of Raspberry Shrub, one cup of club soda, one half…

Harvard Punch

Cook one quart of cranberries in one quart of boiling water until soft. Strain, and when cool pour over a large piece of ice in a punch…

Yale Punch

Take one cup of sugar and pour over it one cup of hot tea. When the sugar is dissolved, add three quarters of a cup of orange juice, and…

Columbia Punch

To one quart of cold water, add two cupfuls of sugar and two cupfuls of grated pineapple. Boil for twenty minutes. Then add one half cupful…

Rainbow Punch

Put into a kettle one cupful of honey, one cupful of sugar, four cupfuls of water, the juice of two lemons, strained, and the grated rinds…

Lesbia Punch

Fill a punch bowl one quarter full of cracked ice. Add one half pound of powdered sugar, the juice of eight lemons, one half can of…

Sunset Punch

Take the juice of one dozen lemons, six oranges, and one third of a grated pineapple, and two cups of granulated sugar; strain through a…

Currant Punch (Mash one pint of red)

Mash one pint of red raspberries and one quart of ripe currants in a preserving kettle, adding two quarts of cold water and two cups of…

Armistice Punch

Dissolve one and one half cups of sugar with one cup of hot water, adding one cup of orange juice and one half cup of lemon juice. Strain…

Allied Punch

To one quart of any canned fruit juice, such as peach, pineapple, raspberry, or strawberry (use a combination of juices or one alone), add…

Overland Punch

Put one pint of white grape juice, and one quart of ginger ale on ice until very cold. Mix together when ready to serve.

Ginger Punch

Cut up one half pound of preserved ginger, add one quart of cold water, and one cup of sugar and boil for fifteen or twenty minutes. Add…

Jamaica Punch

Boil one and one third cups of sugar in one quart of water with the grated rind of one lemon for ten minutes. When thoroughly cool, add two…

California Punch

Mix one quart of white grape juice with one quart of Apollinaris and serve very cold in punch bowl, decorated with bunches of white grapes…

Sherbet Punch

Take one cupful of pineapple syrup, one and one fourth cupfuls of white grape juice, and two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Mix ingredients…

Beacon Punch

Mix the juice of seven lemons, three oranges, one cupful of pineapple juice, one half cupful of prune juice, two cupfuls of strawberry…

Manhattan Punch

Boil two cups of sugar with one cup of water ten minutes. Cool. Mix the juice of five oranges, five lemons, one can of grated pineapple, or…

Anniversary Punch

Make a syrup, by boiling for ten minutes, two pounds of sugar, the grated rinds of one dozen lemons and two oranges, with one quart of…

Lorraine Punch

Take the juice of half a grape fruit, one cup of grape juice, one cup of cider, and four tablespoonfuls of sugar. Mix well, and put in…

Admiral Punch

Make a quart of strong tea and strain into a saucepan with two pounds of sugar, the grated rinds of one orange and three lemons, and boil…

Farmerette Punch

Take two tablespoonfuls of ginger syrup, one cup of molasses, half a cup of sugar, a bit of grated lemon peel, and a quart of milk. Stir…

Washington Punch

Grate the rinds of two lemons and four oranges, and put with one pound of sugar in two quarts of water, and boil for ten or twelve minutes…

Woodford Punch

Make two quarts of strong tea and add one pound of sugar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. When the tea is cold add the grated rinds and…

Hillcrest Punch

Boil one and one half cups of sugar and one cup of water for ten minutes. Cool, and add the juice of eight oranges, five lemons, one cup…

Belfast Punch

Cook for ten minutes one cup of sugar with one cup of water, and add one half dozen whole cloves, small piece of stick cinnamon, and a…

Angler's Punch

Chop a cupful of preserved ginger very fine, grate one pineapple, and add the juice of three lemons and a pound of powdered sugar. Stir…

Cranford Punch

Peel the yellow rinds from three lemons, add with the juice to one half cup of sugar and one quart of water. Boil for five minutes, strain…

Metropolitan Punch

Make a quart of strong tea, strain, and cool. Mix the juice of four lemons and one cupful of sugar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Pour…

Christmas Punch

Boil two cups of sugar in one cup of water, and cool. Mix the juice of six oranges, six lemons, and the pulp and juice of two grapefruits…

Garland Punch

Mix one half pint of pineapple juice, one half pint grape juice, and one pint of ginger ale. Sweeten with one half pint of plain syrup. Add…

Old Glory Punch

Rub the rinds of one lemon and one orange over fifteen lumps of sugar to remove the oil, and put with one pint of grape juice, one third…

Harlequin Punch

Mix one half pint of strawberry syrup, one half pint of orange syrup, one half pint of pineapple syrup, and four tablespoonfuls of lemon…

Tutti Frutti Punch

Stone one cup of cherries and cut in halves, one grated pineapple, one pint mashed strawberries, and one small glass of Bar-le-duc jelly…

Blackberry Punch

To one quart of blackberry juice and one quart of grape juice add four and one half pounds of sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved and then…

Apple Punch

Bake until half done six green apples with five or six cloves stuck in each apple. Put them while hot into a large dish with one lemon…

Brooks Punch

Wash and peel very thin two dozen lemons and squeeze the juice over the grated rinds. Let stand overnight, and in the morning add two…

Prohibition Punch

To the grated rind of one lemon and the juice of two lemons, add the bruised leaves of one bunch of mint, and let steep for one half hour…

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