[Gutenberg 61065] • Modern American Drinks: How to Mix and Serve All Kinds of Cups and Drinks

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1900. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Russian Punch. Squeeze the juice of eight lemons into a bowl, add three quarts water and three pounds of fine sugar, mix and strain into freezer; add half a pint allash, a quarter of a pint orange brandy, and the whites of six eggs well beaten; stir and freeze. Blackberry Sherbet. One quart of ripe berries or enough to make one pint of juice, one pint of fine sugar, the juice of one lemon. Mash the berries, add the sugar, and after the sugar is dissolved add the water and lemon-juice. Press through a fine cheesecloth or sieve, and freeze. Cherry Sherbet. One pound of fine sugar, one pint fruit juice, one pint boiling water. Mash the cherries and strain out the juice. Boil the sugar and water five minutes, remove the scum, and strain through a fine cheesecloth or sieve; when cool add the fruit juice and freeze. Currant Sherbet No. 1. Prepare same as Cherry Sherbet, using one pint of currant juice in place of cherry. Currant Sherbet No. 2. One pint sugar, one quart of water, one pint of currant juice, the juice of one lemon. Boil the water and sugar together half an hour. Add the currant and lemon juice to the syrup. Let this cool and freeze. Cafe" Royal Frappe To two quarts clear strong coffee add half a pint cognac, sweeten to taste, put in freezer, and freeze until mushy. JOHN L. STODDARD'S POPULAR PICTORIALS GLIMPSES OF THE WORLD Hundreds of full-page views portraying scenes all over the world, taken from photographs collected by the celebrated traveler and lecturer, John I-. Stoddard, who has charmingly described each one. 550 pages; paper of the richest and heaviest quality; size iixi4 inches. Unquestionably the finest work of the kind ever published. English Edition: Buckram, Chemograph $6.00 Buckram, Half-Tone 4.50 Full Morocco, Half-Tone, Gold Stampe...