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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.
239. Drink for the Dog Days
A bottle of soda-water poured into a large goblet, in
which 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 tartaric
acid, two pounds of loaf-sugar ( finely powdered ), three
drachms of essence of lemon. Let the powders be
very dry .
Mix them intimately, and keep them for use in a wide–
mouthed bottle, closely corked. Put two good-sized tea–
spoonfols into a tumbler; pour in half a pint of cold water,
stir briskly, and drink off.
241. 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. T wo or three teaspoon–
fuls of this stirred briskly in a tumbler of water will make
a very pleasant glass of lemonade.
If
effervescent lemon–
ade 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 ounce
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