Beverages
Coffee (Which makes the politician)
"Coffee, which makes the politician wise," declared Pope, who was a confirmed coffee drinker. Milton sang its praises thus: "One sip of…
Coffee as a Beverage
"The value of coffee as a beverage, is greatly dependent on the care and skill manifested in its preparation." This is essentially true…
Coffee (There are four requisites)
There are four requisites to good coffee. First, take good coffee; second, freshly ground coffee; third, freshly boiled boiled water…
Coffee (Allow one tablespoonful coffee)
Allow one tablespoonful coffee to each guest and one for the coffee pot. Mix with a small quantity of egg and cold water, let stand for…
Boiled Coffee
With a fork slightly beat the white of an egg and stir into it one cupful of cold water. Mix this with one cupful it one cupful of cold…
Filtered Coffee
Allow seven tablespoonfuls of very finely ground coffee to one pint of water. Have the water boiling and pour it slowly over the coffee…
Black, or After Dinner Coffee
Black, or after dinner coffee, is made in the same way; and can be made much stronger. Vienna coffee pots or machines are fine for making…
A Cup of Tea
First, let the water (stale water will not make good tea) come to a boil, merry boil, but not long enough to lose its vitality. Scald out…
Tea with Shredded Pineapple
Shredded pineapple is another delicious adjunct to the tea table. The preserved pineapple is better and more convenient to handle than the…
Tea Table
The beauty of a tea table lies in its simplicity and in the convenience and taste with which it is arranged. Comparatively few women know…
Blackberry Cordial
Blackberry cordial is a pleasant drink and a healthful Indeed, blackberry cordial is one of the things that should be made every year, and…
Blackberry Shrub, or Vinegar
Blackberry shrub is made precisely the same as raspberry shrub except that to the three parts of liquid, there will be required five and a…
Raspberry Shrub
Put the raspberries into a stone vessel and mash them to a pulp. Add cider vinegar enough to cover it well. It must be the pure cider…
Unfermented Grape Juice
This delightfully refreshing summer drink may be made from three to four cents a quart bottle. Pick over the grapes, rejecting all unsound…
Raspberry Vinegar
To two quarts of vinegar, four quarts of raspberries, after standing twenty-four hours, drain off the vinegar and pour it over fresh…
Ginger Beer
Ginger beer is also an excellent summer beverage. It is easy to make, as it contains no materials except those found in the closet or the…
Ginger Cordial
Two ounces of ginger root, three pounds of sugar, one gallon of water; boil well, add two lemons, cut in slices, put in yeast and let it…
Beverage of Figs and Apples
Throw into two quarts of boiling water, six fresh figs, opened; cut up two apples and add skins, seeds and all. Boil twenty minutes; pass…
Nectar
Two ounces of tartaric acid, two pounds of sugar, three pints of hot water; boil seven minutes. When nearly cold, add the whites of four…
Ginger Ale Bowle
Squeeze upon a cupful of granulated sugar the juice of six large lemons or eight small ones, and put on the ice for an hour. When ready to…
Orange Sherbet
Put the pulp and juice of eight good-sized oranges into a bowl, with the juice of two lemons and a cupful of granulated sugar. When the…
Raspberry Bowle
To one quart of ice cold water add five teaspoonfuls of raspberry vinegar. Turn it into a punch bowl and stir well. If raspberries are in…
Tea Punch
One quart of good tea made in the proportion of four teaspoonfuls of Ceylon tea to one quart of boiling water, five tablespoonfuls of clear…
Mint Julep
To be made in the genuine old Virginia fashion, the julep should be mixed in the individual glasses. Into each glass or lemonade cups, put…
Mint Bowle
Empty a quart of Reesling wine into a large punch bowl; put with it rather light claret, one quart. Bruise a handful of mint sprays with…
Rhine Wine Punch
Take two quarts of some good rhine wine (if expense is to be avoided, a domestic may be used instead of an imported brand, and with good…
Claret Punch
Put into a punch bowl one cupful of granulated sugar, six lemons and two oranges sliced, a pineapple cut into dice, a cupful of Maraschino…
Ginger Ale Frappe
Open two bottles of Belfast ginger ale. Add the juice of two lemons and one-fourth of a cupful of granulated sugar. Stir until sugar is…
Tea Frappe
Put into an earthen teapot, seven teaspoonfuls of the best mixed tea, and pour upon it nine cupfuls of freshly boiling water. Let this…
Frozen Lemonade
Boil together for fourteen minutes two quarts of water and three cupfuls of granulated sugar. Remove from the fire, and when the syrup is…
Frozen Orangeade
Mix together the juice from five oranges and two lem- Boil together three cupfuls of water and one cupful of sugar and add the orange and…