The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-12
PLEASANT SUMNER DRINKS.

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Fruit drink-Strip one pound each of
strawberries, raspberries and white cur
rants from their stalks and mash them
well together. Strew over them twelve
ounces of icing sugar and pour on to this
PURGE two quarts of boiling water. let
II stand till next day, then strain and
ice II and it is fit for use
Cherry drfnk-Free cherries from their
stalks, then pound the fruit and kernels
in a mortar and for every pint of this pulp
allow a pint OF water: bring the mix
ture to the boil. then strain 1t through
a fine, clean and well scalded sieve, and
to each pint OF juice put one pound OF
crushed loaf sugar: boil this for Ave min
utes, then let 1t stand till cold. when it
must be bottled. For a drink, allow equal
quantities of the cherry syrup and either
iced soda water or plain iced water.
Canned fruit syrup--Take the liquor from
any timed fruit. such as pineapple. april
cots. etc, and boil II up with sugar TO
taste and add dessertspoonful of rum
and noyeau TO each pint of syrup.
Cocoa cup-Make quart Of really
good cocoa with half milk and half wa
ter, sweeten to taste and don't let 1t get
too thick Let 1t stand till cold. then
stir a quarter OF an ounce OF essence of
vanilla into a gill of cream. add this to
the cocoa. then put 1t all into a bowl
standing in Ice and pour into 1t large
bottle of well iced settler water.
A good pick-me-up-Take a glass of LEM
onade and drop into II raw egg: beat
all quickly with little shaker and drink
slowly. The effect of this cooling and
nutritious egg lemonade VIII be found de-
lightful and permenent when one IL tired
and tagged.
Temperance pnnch--Pour half gallon
OF freshly boiling water upon two table,
sponp9 NJ the very ha4t xraou fan at
stand Ave minutes. keeping very hot, then
pour OF the clear tea upon the juice and
yellow peel. thinly pared. Of half a dozen
lemons and two oranges. Sweeten to
taste--a pound of sugar will not be too
much-let cool then stand In the refrig-
orator for six hours AT serving time put
In one pint OF cherry or raspberry juice.
also cooled. Fiji the glasses three parts
full. then TO the top with Ice cold plain
soda water.
Pink tea-Put half pound OF white rock
candy in an earthen vessel, with the
juice and yellow peel OF four lemons. one
orange. wine glass OF rum and a wine
glass Of whisky. Pour upon them. boiling
hot, quart OF green tea that has stood
upon the leaves barely two minutes. Use
only two teaspoons OF dry tea and take
care not to let the liquid get dark. Stir
the mixture WELL then set on ice Tor
twelve hours. Just before serving add a
apoilinarfs. Fill the glasses quickly and
drop into each a ripe strawberry and one
or two candied or branded cherries.
Cross-country-Put the thin peel OF a
fresh cucumber into an earthen vessel.
along with ripe pineapple. very finely
shredded. the juice and pulp of four or
anges, the pared yellow peel of one, the
strained juice OF q dozen lines and gen.
erous pound Of rock candy. Pour over
them one pint Of rum and whisky, mixed
In usual quantity, and let stand six hours.
Gin may take the place OF rum. but
should not be used with IT, After six
hours add three pints OF freshly boiling
water. and let stand on ice for three
hours more. Al serving time strain into
the howl over a large lump Of Ice and add
bottle of mineral water or n syphon of
soda water.
High noon--Mash together thoroughly a
quart or full ripe. hulled straw berries: a
pound OF tart. seeded cherries and full
ripe, finely shredded pineapple Mix
through them two pounds OF sugar and
let stand ten hours--not on Ice. strain,
or rather squeeze through coarse crash
Half al your glasses with finely broken
ice. put two tablespoons OF the fruit syrup
over the ice. then Nil up with mineral
water.
half pound OF rock candy, half pint iine
luice, half pint gin, Mix. stir thoroughly;
then pour on one pint weak green tea
boiling hot. Cool quickly. Rub your
giasses round the top with lemon peel ans!
M one-third with cracked fee. Cover the
Ice an inch with the mixed liquor. then
add to each glass the barest dash OF
green chartYeuse. IL the mixture Is a
success. the glasses will show pale. clear
green
For a piazza drink horse neck Is well
received. In spite OF Its sporting nofnen-
clatlre II IS really only ginger ale, in
the thin disguise conferred by a irenen-
dous curling shaving OF lemon rind. The
lemon rind Is cut on round and round IN
spIrals Hike the old way OF peeling an APP
Die for Halloween denominations. The spir-
ais OF rind must include the covering OF
the entire lemon This Is the famous
horse neck.
TO make acknowledgements TIRE juice
from twelve hne lemons. put Il 10 one
pound os loaf sugar. pour little boiling
water 10 the pesis. cover them. when cold
strain IL OF and put u 10 the Juice and
susar. put the prepared Juice Ia decanters,
ana mako with ice water. nut q wine glass
az this &c hall pint of water Lemons
saceA as thin as s dollar piece. and the
edge cut In rofkhss ~ points, fnAy ~
,,tst s4re IN each glass. Crushed rasghcFries
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