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BOSTON COOKING-SCHOOL COOK BOOK


FRUIT BEVERAGES

Lemonade

1 cup sugar 1/3 cup lemon juice 1 pint water

Make syrup by boiling sugar and water twelve minutes; add fruit juice, cool, and dilute with ice-water to suit individual tastes. Lemon syrup may be bottled and kept on hand to use as needed.

Pineapple Lemonade

1 pint water 1 quart ice-water
1 cup sugar 1 can grated pineapple
Juice 3 lemons

Make syrup by boiling water and sugar ten minutes; add pineapple and lemon juice, cool, strain, and add ice-water.


Orangeade

Make syrup as for Lemonade. Sweeten orange juice with syrup, and dilute by pouring over crushed ice.

Mint Julep

1 quart water 1 cup orange juice
2 cups sugar Juice 8 lemons
1 pint claret wine 11/2 cups boiling water
1 cup strawberry juice 12 sprigs fresh mint

Make syrup by boiling quart of water and sugar twenty minutes. Separate mint in pieces, add to the boiling water, cover, and let stand in warm place five minutes, strain, and add to syrup; add fruit juices, and cool. Pour into punch-bowl, add claret, and chill with a large piece of ice; dilute with water. Garnish with fresh mint leaves and whole strawberries.

Claret Punch

1 quart cold water Few shavings lemon rind
1/2 cup raisins 11/3 cups orange juice
2 cups sugar 1/3 cup lemon juice
2 inch piece stick cinnamon 1 pint claret wine

Put raisins in cold water, bring slowly to boiling-point, and boil twenty minutes; strain, add sugar, cinnamon,