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Summer Drinks
Another Syrup of R ed Curran ts
Put into a basin t wo pounds of red cu r r:rn t s
and a handful of raspberries. Squ eeze the ju ice
and add to it, when strained, half a po und of
icing sugar to each pint of jui ce, and thr ce –
quarters of an ounce of t artar ic ac id.
When the sugar is dissolved, boil it fo r :i.
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minutes, and wh en cool bottle it.
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Syrup of Ginger
Boil four pounds of loaf sugar with six qu a rts
of boiling water for three minutes, then t ake it
off the fire, and when cool add three -qu :i. rt ers
of an ounce of tart aric acid diss olved in :i. li tt le
water, three drachms of essen ce of ginge r, :i. nd
three drachms of tincture of cayenne.
Colour with burnt suga r, and bottl e.
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Syrup of Lemons
Extract the iuice from three lemons, and g rat e
into it the rind, then put it int o a saucepan with
one and a half pounds of white sugar, and boil
it for five minutes.
Strain, and bottle.
If
used to make an effervescing lemon drink, two
or three tablespoonfuls should be put in a gb ss
of water, and half a teaspoonful of bi carbonat e
of soda should be added.
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