The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-15
WHAT THE HOUSEMOTHER CAN
MAKE.

The thoughtful housemother is
sure to plan for the comfort of her
family in summer by providing ap-
pliances and materials for the ready
making of fruit drinks. Iced tea
and coffee, lemonade, and orangeade
are general favorites and If the
housemother gives little fore
thought to the matter Some one of
these can be quickly made almost
any hour of the day.
The lemon squeezer should be
handy; so should plain sugar
syrup that can be used to better ad-
vantage than crystal sugar, especial
ly if it comes thoroughly chilled, out
of the icebox; chocolate on cocoa
syrup should also be kept on hand
and where milk drinks are liked,
there should be a shaker and strain
er, in the house. 1t is good idea
to keep a bottle or jar of lemon juice
in the ice box all the time.
A plan sugar syrup may be made
by boiling together for ten minutes
five pound of granulated sugar and
three quarts of water. This should
be SKINNED and strained, and kept
in the refrigerator. Two tablespoon
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glass.
Many persons find iced tea one of
the most refreshing. of summer bev-
erages. Make the tea fresh at
breakfast time, using water that has
just come to a boil. Leave the wa
ter on the leaves just long enough to
draw the tea and pour it off at once
into a porcelain pitcher. AS soon
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the icebox, where the temperature
will be lowered. When you are
ready for it, you may either put a
big lump of ice into the pitcher or
smaller pieces into the glasses. If
the latter, use the tall tumblers,
which come especially for this sort
of drink.
Iced coffee is no more trouble, and
for this the coffee left over from
breakfast may be utilized. If you use
percolator or French drip coffee
pot, the fluid has not stood on the
grounds long enough to injure the
flavor and the coffee may be poured
into a pitcher and set aside as you
would do with the iced tea.
On the foundation of lemonade
and of tea a number of delicious hot
weather drinks may be compounded
these being suitable for entertain
ing as well as for family enjoyment.
One of the best is fruit punch,
which is a strong lemonade to which
is added sliced pineapple, orange,
banana, strawberries, cherries, rasp-
berries-almost any sort of fruit.
When the compound is poured over
big lump of ice in a punch bowl,
it furnishes beverage that cannot
fail to be acceptable on a hot day.
To a good lemonade, made in pro-
portion of four lemons, small cup
full of granulated sugar and pint of
waterway be added the juice and
pulp of six oranges and a heaping
tablespoonful of minced pineapple.
Pour this on "a block of ice and just
before serving turn in quart of
Apollinaris or other good charged
water. This is a variant on the
fruit punch mentioned above.
Another excellent punch with lem
onS for foundation is made by mix
ing the juice of six lemons with a
cupful of granulated sugar and let
ting it stand in the cold an hour
Crushed ice-about two cupfuls-
may then be put in the punch bowl
and the lemon and sugar poured on
it. Take long-stemmed sprigs of
mint and crush the stems between
the fingers, so as to bring out the
flavor. Stick these into the fruit, ice
and sugar and at the last moment
empty upon them a couple of bottles
of ginger ale, which should have
been we'll chilled in advance.
The mint-crowned punch bowl is
very attractive to look at, giving
pleasure to the eye as we'll as to the
palate.