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Lemonade Recipes
How To Make Lemonade Using The Best Lemonade Recipes From Grandma's Day
Lemonade recipes are among the earliest beverage recipes. History records that honey-sweetened lemonade was sold by licensed vendors on the streets of Paris as early as 1676, and it became a favorite beverage throughout Europe.
In Canada and the U.S. lemonade was the most popular refreshment in the early 1800s. Not only was lemonade served in homes, but it was the preferred refreshment at sports events, church picnics, and other public gatherings.
In 1838, a French perfume dealer by the name of Eugene Roussel operated a small shop in Philadelphia and sold soda water as a means of extending his trade. Seeking a way to improve the taste of the beverage, he created carbonated lemonade by dissolving sugar in water flavored with lemon juice and adding it to soda water.
Roussel is credited with being the first to discover that sweetened fruit flavorings could only be added to carbonated water as concentrated syrups during bottling to avoid lessening the carbonation and to avoid unwanted fermentation, as the boiling of the syrup killed any wild yeast spores or bacteria present in the fruit juice. Roussel's "lemon soda" became the first fruit-flavored soft drink to be bottled and sold in North America.
Below are several vintage lemonade recipes taken from the days of the old-time pharmacy soda fountain. Some lemonades are made in the basic style while others are fancier, calling for flavored fountain syrups and carbonated water (soda water). You are sure to find a recipe for old-fashioned lemonade that perfectly suits your taste.
Old-Fashioned Lemonade RecipesThese vintage lemonade recipes are taken from "The Dispenser's Formulary or Soda Water Guide" compiled by the editorial staff of The Soda Fountain, published by D. O. Haynes & Co., New York, in 1915.
Carbonated water (soda water) can be found in the soft drink section of most food stores.
Old-Fashioned LemonadeIf you're looking for the best lemonade recipe for making fresh squeezed lemonade, this is it.
Old-fashioned lemonade is still a great favorite with many individuals. To make it at the fountain counter place 2 tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar in a 12-ounce glass one-half full of crushed ice. Now cut a lemon in two, slice each section in two or three pieces, add the juice of the lemon and fill the glass with plain ice-cold water. Shake throughly, pour from shaker into glass, and serve with straws. It should be observed that some patrons object to a too great abundance of ice.
Soda LemonadeJuice of 1 lemon, 1 tablespoonful powdered sugar, 4 ounces soda water (seltzer water), 2 ounces shaved ice. Stir vigorously in a shaker with a spoon, strain into a 12-ounce glass, fill the glass with seltzer (soda) water and stir with a spoon.
Grape LemonadeMake a soda lemonade (see above), filling the glass to within about an inch of the top. Mix and decorate with lemon and orange slices, pour on top enough to fill the glass with the desired grape juice, and serve without further mixing, with straws.
Fancy LemonadeMake a lemonade in the regular manner and pour in a teaspoonful of raspberry syrup (or strawberry syrup, if you'd like a strawberry lemonade), which will go to the bottom of the glass. Now, carefully pour on the top the same amount of grape juice without stirring. A piece of pineapple, orange, or other fruit may be added to decorate the drink. The drink may also be made with the glass half full of shaved ice and the fruit on top. Serve with straws.
Tropical LemonadeJuice of 1 lemon, 1-1/2 ounces pineapple syrup. Place in a 12-ounce glass, fill glass with carbonated water, coarse stream, add a slice of pineapple and a ladleful of crushed pineapple, and serve with a spoon and straws. Price--10 or 12 ounces, 15 cents.
Southern LemonadeAn old-time lemonade recipe for making "Fair Lemonade."
Take a good-size watermelon, hollow out the inside, first cutting a small slice from the narrow end to act as a lid or cover, place in a pan on the counter and surround with shaved or cracked ice; then fill with lemonade, adding enough extract of Jamaica ginger to suite the taste. When serving, fill a glass one-fourth full of shaved ice, add one or two pieces of the melon taken from the inside, then fill the glass with lemonade and serve with straws and napkins. A big hit on "Fair Day" or "Old Home Week." --F. Mintzer
Broadway LemonadeJuice of 1 lemon, 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, 1/2 ounce grape juice, 1/2 ounce wine (claret), small scoop shaved ice, plain water to fill glass; shake, put in 12-ounce lemonade glass; finish with a slice of orange and a cherry; serve with spoon and straws.
Wholesale LemonadeA good beverage recipe for making large quantities.
3 gallons water, 4 dozen lemons, 3-1/2 ounces citric acid, 20 pounds granulated sugar. Mix and stir adding the paste made from 4 ounces of granulated sugar and the grated rind of 4 of the lemons. This formula is recommended.
Queen LemonadeJuice of 1/2 lemon, 1-1/2 ounces orange syrup, 2 ounces grape juice, sufficient cracked ice, carbonated water to fill glass. Shake and serve in a tall glass, without straining. Top off with a slice each of orange and pineapple.
Lemon Fascination2 ounces cherry syrup, 1/2 glass cracked ice, juice of 1/4 lemon, sufficient plain water. Mix well and top with orange and cherry. Price--10 ounces, 10 cents.
Refreshing Root Beer Lemonade RecipeThis unique drink recipe is taken from "The Inglenook Cook Book: Choice Recipes Contributed by Sisters of the Brethren Church Subscribers and Friends of the Inglenook Magazine" published by Brethren Publishing House, Elgin, Illinois, in 1909.
This is a great little recipe to use with your homemade root beer.
Take 3 tablespoonfuls of root beer; add 1 lemon sliced and sugar to suit the taste. Place in a gallon jar, add a large lump of ice and fill the jar with water. --Sister Willoughby Felker, Leaf River, Ill.
Egg Lemonade, Or Summer Eggnog RecipeThis refreshing lemon drink recipe is taken from the book "Aunt Babette's Cook Book, Foreign and Domestic Receipts for the Household" by Aunt Babette, published by Bloch Publishing and Printing Company, Chicago, in 1889.
Grate over enough sugar the peel of half the lemons you intend to use, and squeeze the lemons into it with a squeezer. Then beat up as many eggs as you intend glasses of lemonade. If you are making a quantity, you may take one or two eggs less. Beat up the lemons and the sugar, next add water in proportion, and then shake or beat the whole vigorously for a few seconds. Fill the tumblers half-full of broken ice. Before serving shake again.
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Use these homemade lemonade recipes to make delicious drinks for serving at parties and to thoroughly quench your thirst on hot summer days.
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