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MODERN AMERICAN DRINKS.
the sugar and water together twenty-five minutes,
then add the lemon-juice; · mix, strain, and freeze.
Orange Ice.
Three pints of water, one pound of sugar, five
or six sweet oranges, according to size, the juice
of one lemon. Make a hot, thick syrup of sugar
and very little water. Peel half the oranges,
divide them each in twelve or more parts by natu–
ral divisions, and drop the pieces of oranges in the
boiling syrup. Grate the yellow part of the skin
of the other three oranges in a bowl. Squeeze in
the juice of the other oranges, add the syrup from
the scalded orange slices, add water and lemon–
juice to this syrup; mix, strain, and freeze; when
half-finished stir in the sugared fruit.
Pineapple Water Ice.
Cut a ripe medium-sized pineapple in pieces, put
in a jar or small tub and crush well; then put
through a strainer; add to the juice obtained three
quarts water and three pounds of fine sugar; mix
. and freeze.
Strawberry Water Ice.
Place the berries in a kettle over the fire; to each
quart of berries add a full quart of water, and boil;
then strain through fine sieve or cheesecloth.
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