An Admirable Cool Cup

Modern cookery for private families · Acton, Eliza · 1845
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Modern cookery for private families
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Ingredients (8)
Instructions (7)
  1. Weigh six ounces of sugar in lumps, and extract the essence from the rind of a large fresh lemon by rubbing them upon it.
  2. Put the sugar and lemon rind into a deep jug.
  3. Add the strained juice of one lemon and a half.
  4. When the sugar is dissolved, pour in a bottle of good cider, and three large wineglassesful of sherry.
  5. Add nearly half a small nutmeg lightly grated.
  6. Serve the cup with or without some sprigs of fresh balm or borage in it.
  7. If closely covered down, and placed on ice for a short time, it will be more agreeable as a summer beverage.
Original Text
AN ADMIRABLE COOL CUP. Weigh six ounces of sugar in lumps, and extract the essence from the rind of a large fresh lemon by rubbing them upon it; then put them into a deep jug, and add the strained juice of one lemon and a half. When the sugar is dissolved, pour in a bottle of good cider, and three large wineglassesful of sherry; add nearly half a small nutmeg lightly grated, and serve the cup with or without some sprigs of fresh balm or borage in it. Brandy is sometimes added to it, but is, we think, no improvement. If closely covered down, and placed on ice for a short time, it will be more agreeable as a summer beverage.
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