100. Imperial, a cooling Drink for the Spring

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (8)
Instructions (6)
  1. place in a stone jug
  2. pour about six quarts of boiling water
  3. allow it to get cold
  4. bottle for use
  5. add three tablespoonfuls of raspberry vinegar, and six ounces of honey (instead of sugar)
  6. Essence of ratafia, or any other, may be added, with about half a pint of pure spirit at proof, for those accustomed to spirits
Original Text
100. Imperial, a cooling Drink for the Spring.—Two ounces of cream of tartar, two lemons, juice and peel, four ounces of sugar; place in a stone jug, and pour about six quarts of boiling water; allow it to get cold, and bottle for use; or, instead of sugar, add three tablespoonfuls of raspberry vinegar, and six ounces of honey. This is excellent aerated-like soda water. Essence of ratafia, or any other, may be added, with about half a pint of pure spirit at proof, for those accustomed to spirits.
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