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MODERN AMERICAN DRINKS.
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Russian Punch.
Squeeze the juice of eight lemons into a bowl,
add three quarts water and three pounds of fine
sugar, mix and strain into freezer; add half a pint
allash, a quarter of a pint orange braridy, and the
whites of six eggs well beaten; ·stir and freeze.
Blackberry Sherbet.
One quart of ripe berries or enough to make one
pint of juice, one pint of fine sugar, the juice of
one lemon. Mash the berries, add the sugar, and
after the sugar is dissolved add the water and
lemon-juice. Press through a fine cheesecloth or
sieve, and freeze.
Cherry Sherbet.
One pound of fine sugar, one pint fruit juice,
one pint boiling water. Mash the cherries and
strain out the juice. Boil the sugar and water
five minutes, remove the scum, and strain through
a fine cheesecloth or sieve; when cool add the fruit
juice and freeze.
Currant Sherbet No.
1.
Prepare same as Cherry Sherbet, using one pint
of currant juice in place of cherry.