This section is from the book "Dainties", by Mrs. S. T. Rorer. Also available from Amazon: Dainties.
1 quart of mashed strawberries
Juice of one orange
1 quart of water
1 pound of sugar
Mash the berries, add the orange juice, sugar and water, and stand aside for an hour; then stir until the sugar is thoroughly dissolved. This can be partly frozen as in the preceding recipe, or made icy cold by adding shaved ice at serving time. Serve at afternoon or evening affairs.
2 good-sized bunches of mint
6 lemons
2 pounds of sugar
1 quart of water
Apollinaris
Wash the mint, remove the leaves from the stems, chop them fine and pound them in a mortar, or rub them in a bowl. Add these to the water and then stir them into the sugar. Bring to a boil and strain. When cool, add the juice of the lemons, and if the color is too pale, add a drop of green vegetable coloring. Stand aside until very cold. At serving time fill the punch bowl quarter full of shaved ice, pour over the mint syrup, add one or two bottles of Apollinaris, and serve.
 
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