A Summer Drink. (Very Good.)
2 lbs. Catawba grapes.
3 table-spoonfuls loaf sugar.
1 cup of cold water.
Squeeze the grapes hard in a coarse cloth, when you have picked them from the stems. Wring out every drop of juice; add the sugar, and when this is dissolved, the water, surround with ice until very cold; put a lump of ice into a pitcher, pour the mixture upon it, and drink at once.
You can add more sugar if you like, or if the grapes are not quite ripe.