Period Plain Lemonade Recipe

[Albert Sailhorst]

Plain Lemonade

From "How To Mix Drinks, Or The Bon Vivant's Companion, By Jerry Thomas, 1862

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Cut in very thin slices 3 lemons, put them in a basin, add half a pound of sugar, either white or brown; bruise all together, add a gallon of water, and stir well. It is then ready.

 

[donna]

Simple and easy to make.

 

[donna]

A good drink for all this heat.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Plus the charm of little kids and their lemonade stands !

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Seven-year-old twins Luchia and Dominic Fato opened their first-ever lemonade stand Thursday. But they decided not to keep their earnings for themselves. Instead, they will donate them to nearby flood victims in McMechen. In about four hours, the stand had brought in more than $200, which they...

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In my little village, we had two twin five year old little girls do this same thing for our recent tornado victims.
(with help from their parents of course).

I bought four lemonades from the twins just to watch their excitement.

 

[Dacluver]

Plain Lemonade

From "How To Mix Drinks, Or The Bon Vivant's Companion, By Jerry Thomas, 1862

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Cut in very thin slices 3 lemons, put them in a basin, add half a pound of sugar, either white or brown; bruise all together, add a gallon of water, and stir well. It is then ready.

I'm going to make this with brown sugar as said above. Sounds good!

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

I'm going to make this with brown sugar as said above. Sounds good!

Please let me know what you think!
Thanks!

 

[donna]

It was 100 here yesterday. Know other places even hotter. Time for glass of lemonade. I like mine with ice and cherry on top.