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When well mixed, put in the soda, stir well, and drink
while the mixture is in an effervescing state.
239. Drink for the Dog Days.
A bottle of soda-water poured into a large goblet, in
which a lemon ice has been placed, forms a deliciously
cool and refreshing drink; but should be taken with
some care, and positively avoided whilst you are very
hot.
240. Sherbet.
Eight ounces of carbonate of soda, six ounces of tar-
taric acid, two pounds of loaf-sugar (finely powdered),
three drachms of essence of lemon. Let the powders
be very dry. Mix them intiniately, and keep them for
use in a wide-mouthed bottle, closely corked. Put two
good-sized teaspoonfuls into a tumbler; pour in half a
pint of cold water, stir briskly, aud drink off.
241. Lemonade Powders.
One pound of finely-powdered loaf-sugar, one ounce
of tartartic or citric acid, and twenty drops of essence
of lemon. Mix, and keep very dry. Two or three tea-
spoonfuls of this stirred briskly in a tumbler of water
will make a very pleasant glass of lemonade. If effer
vescent lemonade be desired, one ounce of carbonate of
soda must be added to the above.
242.
Draught Lemonade, or Lemon
Sherbet.
Four lemons sliced, four ounces of lump-sugar, one
quart of boiling water. Very fine. A cheaper drink
may be made thus:—One ounce of cream of tartar, one