Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1903-08-04
COOL DRINKS.

g0me Good Notions In the Way Of
Liquid Refreshment.
Among a number OF delicious and re-
freshing drinks for the heated term, the
following are suggested by the Boston
Cooking School Magazine:
Lemon Fizz.-Grate the yellow rind
from three lemons and squeeze out the
juice of SIX. Pour over this two quarts
OF boiling water, stir In half pound of
grannlated sugar and cover closely.
When lukewarm, add half a small cake
Of compressed yeast that has been dis
solved In one cup OF lukewarm wGter.
Cover and let stand overnight. The
following morning bottle and tie down
the cork. Put In a cool place. 1t is
ready for use in a day. When poured
into glasses, it effervesces and has
sparkling effect
Silver Top.-Take the juice of six iem-
ons and the grated rind or three. Boil
two pounds of sugar In three quarts of
water half an hour. Beat the whites of
two eggs TO stiff froth, add to the sir
up while boiling and let cool. Add the
lemon. Let stand overnight and strain.
Fiji glasses half full Of shaved ice and
add the strip and few ripe strawber-
Fies or cherries.
Fruit Punoh.-BodI pound OF sugar,
pint Of water and the thin yellow
rind OF lennon ten minutes. Strain,
and while hot add pound of stoned
cherries, pint of currant juice and a
grated pineapple. Add two quarts Of
water, the strained strip and the juice
of six lemons and four oranges. Let
stand few hours before serving. Half
Oil the glass with ice broken to size OF
hailstoues and fill with the punch
Lime Squash.--Put tablespoonful of
simple sirup Zone pound Of sugar boiled
ten minutes with one pint of water) in
glass. Squeeze in the juice of two
lines, and add tiny pinch Of baking
soda and two tablespoonfuls of shaved
ice. Fill with water, stir and drink
while ehervescing. This can be varied
Infinitely. Crushed strawberries or
cherries may be added or few sprigs
OF fresh borage, which has the flavor Of
celery.
Iceland Shiver.-Mix the juice of four
lemons and two oranges with six table
gpoonfuls of simple strip. Fill glass
with shaved ice. Add four tablespoon
fuls of the mixed juice and strip and
sip with spoon.
Russian Cup.-Make a strip of two
pounds of sugar and three quarts of
water. While hot add two large Gu
cumbers, sliced. Let stand two hours
and strain. Add pint of strong tea
and the juice of six lemons. Serve
with cracked ice.
Parfaft Amour perfect LoveI.-Wash
some large white grapes, peel and re-
move the seeds. Half fill glasses with
the grapes, then fill with crushed ice.
With a spoon press the ice on to the
grapes to bruise them and cause the
juice to flow. Add a tablespoonful of
lemon juice, the same amount Of orange
juice and tablespoonful of simple
strip. Let stand half an hour. Give
a few stirs with spoon, add a few
strawberries, and fill the glass with wa
ter. Serve with straw
Peach Cup.-Weigh ten pounds of
peaches. Peel, cut In slices and put in
layers with sugar. Use one pound Of
sugar. Let stand two hours. Add two
quarts OF water and strain through
cheese cloth, pressing out all the juice.
Add pint Of strawberries, In slices, or
raspberries, and few sprays OF
bruised mint. Pour this on to a pint