This section is from the book "The Table: How To Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It", by Alessandro Filippini. Also available from Amazon: The Table: How To Buy Food, How To Cook It And How To Serve It.
Put into a vessel one quart of cold water, half a pound of powdered sugar, and grate in the rind of two fine, ripe, medium-sized, red oranges, adding their juice besides, the juice of three medium-sized, sound lemons, then finish the same as for lemon water-ice (No. 1279).
 
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