Beverages
“Serenely pure yet divinely strong.”
—Pope.
COFFEE.—Three parts Java to one part Mocha coffee ground fine together. Allow one tablespoonful of coffee to each cup of cold water. Mix in one third of a whole egg for five cups of coffee. Bring to a good boil. Remove from fire, add a dash of cold water and serve.—Mrs. C. H. McKay, demonstration of beverages.
CHOCOLATE.—One half cup grated chocolate, one half cup sugar mixed. Add to one quart of milk. Bring to a boil. Let it stand on back of range half an hour, then reheat it. Serve whipped cream in each cup.—Mrs. C. H. McKay, demonstration.
TEA.—Water for making black tea should be boiling. Allow level tablespoon tea to a pint of water. Let it stand covered three to seven minutes. Water for green tea should not be boiling hot, as green tea should be a smooth and oily beverage. The Japanese serve tea warm but not hot. Allow same proportions as above. Let it stand three minutes. Add hot water to tea leaves left in tea pot and leave again. Use an earthen tea pot always. Soft water makes better tea than hard water.—Mrs. C. H. McKay, demonstration of beverages.
CLARET FREEZE.—Claret wine to taste. Fill glass half full of chopped ice, add wine and sweeten to taste with cherry syrup. Add sliced lemon or pineapple, rose leaves, or Maraschino cherries. Serve with straws.
MALTED MILK.—One egg sweetened with vanilla syrup, one spoonful of Horlick’s malted milk. Shake in a shaker with crushed ice. Strain; grate nutmeg on top and serve.
LEMONADE.—One quart of water, juice of three lemons, one cup sugar. Stir well and serve with crushed ice. Crushed fruits may be added to this, or Port wine, if liked.
COFFEE.—One tablespoonful of finely ground coffee to each cup of water. Add a white or half the white of an egg to the coffee; mix with a spoon. Add one cup of cold water to each tablespoon of coffee. Cook till it starts to boil. Don’t let it boil. Serve at once.—Mrs. Creaser.
COCOA WITH WHIPPED CREAM.—Heat one quart of milk with a pinch of cinnamon. Mix four level tablespoons of cocoa with as much sugar and add one cupful of hot water. Stir until smooth. Add to the hot milk and simmer five to ten minutes, stirring often. Whip one cupful of cream stiff, add one teaspoonful of sugar and half a teaspoonful of vanilla extract to it. Whip lightly and serve a generous tablespoonful in each cup of cocoa. Chocolate is made by shaving one ounce of chocolate, mixing it with two large tablespoons of sugar and then heating over the fire with one tablespoonful of boiling water until smooth and glossy. Add to hot milk as directed above. Marshmallows added to a cup of cocoa or chocolate give a delicious flavor.—Contributed.
KENTUCKY PUNCH.—Put into punch bowl one cup sugar, juice of six lemons and stir. Add three peeled lemons, sliced thin, and at least one dozen large sprigs of mint and one quart of pounded ice, stir and let stand several moments and then pour in from a good height two or three bottles of imported ginger ale.
A DELICIOUS CREOLE RECIPE.—Select fine oranges. Cut through the skin around the orange and loosen the skin from the orange, turning it back, wrong side out, into a cup. Now cut the orange into halves, leaving a cup on top of each half. Place the orange, face down, on a dainty plate, acting as a standard for the skin cup as it were. Into the cup put one whole clove, a bit of bay leaf, small piece of stick cinnamon, one lump of sugar and pour over the sugar two tablespoons of brandy. Bring to the table with the after dinner coffee and place in front of each guest. Touch a match to the brandy, and let each guest baste the sugar with the brandy until the alcohol has burned away, then pour the remaining liquor and spices into the coffee. The burning of the brandy and spices in the orange skin gives a very delicious flavor and a pungent, agreeable perfume.
STRAWBERRY PUNCH.—Crush two quarts of strawberries and pour over them three quarts of cold water. Set in the ice for three hours before straining through a cheesecloth bag, pressing hard. Add then the strained juice of two lemons and two cups of granulated sugar. Stir until the sugar is fully dissolved and set in the ice until you are ready to serve. Fill each tumbler halfway to the brim with finely cracked ice before pouring in the strawberry mixture.
STRAWBERRY FRUIT PUNCH.—Make as directed in foregoing recipe, and, just before serving, add two bananas, sliced very thin, two large sweet oranges cut into small dice and a cupful of the largest, ripest strawberries you can get. Use a dipper in filling the glasses, that some of each kind of fruit may go into each.
MINT PUNCH.—Express the juice from four large lemons and strain it over a cupful (heaping) of granulated sugar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Now peel two lemons and one orange and slice as thin as paper. Add to the melted sugar and set in the ice until you are ready to serve. Have ready a dozen or more sprigs of freshly grated mint, which has been carefully washed and the dead leaves picked off. Lay the mint in the bottom of a chilled punch bowl and pour the syrup, with the sliced fruits, upon it. Next, stir in at least two quarts of shaved or pounded ice, and pour from a height upon all three bottles of the best ginger ale. There is no more delicious summer drink than this. Serve at once before the effervescence ceases.
ROMAN PUNCH.—Four cups of steamed lemonade, two wine glasses of rum, juice of three oranges, one half pound sugar. Shake and mix well. Place block of ice in center of punch bowl and pour in this mixture. Add one pint of Maraschino cherries and serve in punch glasses. If preferred the mixture may be frozen to a soft mush in a freezer and serve as a dinner course.—Contributed.
CHAMPAIGNE PUNCH.—Make a syrup of two cups sugar and one quart of water and make a lemonade with juice of five lemons. Add one gill brandy, one half gill Jamaica rum and one pint of champaigne. Whip white of one egg to a snow and sweeten and beat again. Mix with the punch and freeze like lemon ice, or omit the egg. Mix well and serve from punch bowl with large block of ice floating in the liquid.—Contributed.
TEMPERANCE PUNCH.—One quart strained lemonade, one pint unfermented grape juice; juice of six oranges with two cups sugar diluted in it. Mix all well together with one gallon of ice water. Taste and add more sugar if needed. Sliced or diced pineapple, cherries or any fresh fruits may be added to this in season. Have block of ice in punch bowl and stir well.
WEDDING PUNCH.—(No liquors.) One tumbler each of currant, raspberry and blackberry jelly, juice of twelve lemons, juice and pulp of two oranges, one pint grape juice, one pint of grated pineapple, one pint of preserved strawberries, one quart of canned peaches, one fourth pound conserved cherries, two pounds sugar, one quart ginger ale, three quarts water. Make syrup of the water and sugar; strain. Add all the jellies to hot syrup. When cool add strained lemon juice then the grated pineapple, orange pulp, and other fruits. Cover and stand over night. At serving time turn into punch bowl with one quart of shaved ice or a big block of clear ice. Add other ingredients, stir well and serve in punch cups or glasses.—Contributed.
WINE PUNCH.—Make a gallon of rich lemonade, strain it and add a bottle of port wine, sherry of claret. Mixed conserved cherries, pineapple and orange pulp may be stirred through this. Add a quart of shaved ice or use a big block of clear ice and stir frequently, adding water and sugar as needed or more lemonade to the drips in the bowl.
GINGERALE.—One half glass of currant jelly, one half cupful of sugar, two teaspoons of ginger. Stir well together; put it into a quart pitcher and fill with ice water. Serve in glasses of shaved ice.
GRAPE LEMONADE.—Two quarts of sweet lemonade, one pint bottle of unfermented grape juice. Mix thoroughly and serve with ice.
FRUIT DRINK.—Use one tablespoon of diluted currant, strawberry, raspberry or grape jelly to each glass of iced water and serve with shaved ice. Or the canned fruit juice may be used instead of jelly.
GINGER ALE PUNCH.—Add to a half pint of shaved ice one tablespoon brandy, one tablespoon powdered sugar and one well beaten egg. Add half a pint of imported ginger ale. Let it stand five minutes.
BLACKBERRY CORDIAL.—One gallon of blackberry juice, add two pounds of loaf sugar, half an ounce of cloves, one ounce nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice; boil together twenty five minutes. When cold add one quart of brandy.
ORANGE PUNCH.—Dissolve one fourth pound loaf sugar in one pint boiling water; add juice of one lemon, one pint of orange juice, one half cup brandy, one half cup rum. Used either hot or cold.—Contributed.
HOT BRANDY PUNCH.—One fourth pint Jamaica rum, one half pint brandy, one quarter pound sugar, one lemon and one pint boiling water. Put sugar and lemon juice in a punch bowl or large pitcher; pour in the boiling water; add the rum and brandy and mix thoroughly. Grate nutmeg on top and serve. For mint julep add one dozen sprigs of fresh mint to the lemon juice and sugar before adding the water.—Contributed.
SHERRY FLIP.—Break an egg into a quart Mason jar, add half a can of shaved ice and one tablespoon of sugar. Fasten top securely on the can and shake hard until egg is light and foamy. Add two tablespoons of sherry wine and shake again. Serve with a grating of nutmeg.—Contributed.
FRUIT NECTAR.—Put the thinly sliced rind of three lemons in a jar with one pound of chopped raisins, and one and one half pounds of sugar. Pour two gallons of boiling water over it. When cold add juice of lemons and let stand in a cold place for a week, stirring it every day. Strain through a jelly bag until clear, then seal in bottles.
RASPBERRY SHRUB.—Place raspberries in a jar and cover with good cider vinegar, let it stand over night; next morning strain and to each pint of juice add a pint of sugar; boil ten minutes; bottle while hot. Use one half glass of the shrub to one half glass shaved ice and water. Good summer drink. Same directions for currant shrub.
MILK SHAKE.—Fill your glass two thirds full of milk, sweeten to taste with any fruit syrup, or with sugar, then flavor with vanilla or orange. Fill glass with shaved ice and shake in a covered Mason jar or a milk shaker until well mixed.
MULLED ALE.—Heat one quart of good ale with a little nutmeg; beat five eggs light and mix with a little cold ale; then pour the hot and cold ale back and forth several times to prevent curdling. Warm and stir until sufficiently thick; add a glass of brandy; strain and serve in tiny glasses.
ICED COFFEE.—Make two pints of good, strong coffee, and clear it with the beaten white and shell of an egg. Strain, sweeten, and let it get cold. Add the juice of one lemon and set the mixture in ice for an hour. Serve in cups or claret glasses with a little whipped cream on top.
TEA NECTAR.—Draw one and a half pints of strong tea for three minutes and pour off into a bowl. Sweeten to taste with sugar, the juice of a lemon and a wineglassful of brandy. Ice for an hour, decorate with thin slices of lemon cut in quarters and serve in small glasses.
ORANGE PUNCH.—Stir a cupful of sugar into a scant cup of water and simmer for half an hour. Skim and let it get cold before adding the strained juice of four oranges and half as much lemon juice. Beat all well together; fill chilled tumblers with pounded ice and pour in enough of the syrup to fill up the interstices.