Syrup of Lemons

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Ingredients (2)
Instructions (7)
  1. put one pint of lemon juice to three pounds of the best sugar finely beaten
  2. set by to settle, and then poured off clear
  3. put it in a silver tankard, and set that in a pot of boiling water
  4. Let this boil till the sugar is quite dissolved
  5. when cold bottle it
  6. take care that in the boiling not the least water gets in
  7. Skim off any little scum that rises
Original Text
Syrup of Lemons. To three pounds of the best sugar finely beaten put one pint of lemon juice, set by to settle, and then poured off clear: put it in a silver tankard, and set that in a pot of boiling water. Let this boil till the sugar is quite dissolved, and when cold bottle it; take care that in the boiling not the least water gets in. Skim off any little scum that rises.
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