To Drink Lemonade

lemonade

(from The New Cyclopaedia of Domestic Economy, and Practical Housekeeper, by Elizabeth Fries Ellet, 1857)

Ingredients:

3 lemons​

1 pint of water​

sweetener of your choice​

Instructions:

Lemonade Three lemons to a pint water, makes strong lemonade; sweeten to your taste.​

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This is the best beverage for parties, cool, refreshing, pleasant, and salubrious.​

 

[donna]

Thought bump this old recipe for lemonade. A glass would be great today.

 

[Tennessee Union Gal]

"Salubrious." I love that word.