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LEMOKADE POWDEES.
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228. Soda Nectar.
(Uso largo timibler.)
Juice of1 lemon.
? tumblerful of water.
Powdered white sugar to taste.
1 small teasiDoonful ofcarbonate ofsoda.
Strain the juice of the lemon, and add it to the water,
with sufficient white sugar to sweeten the whole nicely.
When well mixed, put in the soda, stir well, and drink
while the mixture is in an effervescing state.
229. 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 ndtli some
care, and positively avoided whilst you are very hot.
230. Sherbet.
Eight ounces ofcarbonate ofsoda,six ounces oftartario
acid, two pounds of loaf-sugar (finely powdered), three
drachms of essence of lemon. Pet the powders be vevy
dry. Mix them intimately, and keep them for use m a
wide-mouthed bottle, closely corked. Put two good-sized
teaspoonfuls into a tumbler; pour in half a pint of cold
water, stir briskly, and drink off.
231. Lemonade Powders.
One pound of finely-powdered loaf-sugar, one ounce of
tartaric or citric acid, and twenty drops of essence of
lemon. Mix, and keep very dry. Two or three teaspoon
fuls of this stirred briskly in a tumbler of water will make
a very pleasant glass of lemonade. If effervescent lemon-