Lemon Whey

Ingredients:

1 c. hot milk 2 tbsp. lemon juice

2 tbsp. sugar Method:

Heat the milk in a double boiler. Add the lemon juice. Cook without stirring until the whey separates. Strain through cheesecloth, and add the sugar. Serve hot or cold. Garnish with small pieces or slice of lemon.

Lemonade

Ingredients:

1 lemon 2 tbsp. sugar

1 c. boiling water 1/2 thin slice lemon

Method:

Wash and wipe lemon; cut a very thin slice from middle; use this for garnish. Squeeze juice into a bowl (keeping back the seeds), add the sugar and boiling water; cover, and put on ice to keep cool. Strain and pour into a glass or sherbet cup. Cut half the slice of lemon into two pieces, and use as garnish in glass; a few berries or slice of orange may be used.

Note : The quantity of sugar in lemonade may be varied, depending upon the acidity of the fruit.

Grape Juice And Egg

Ingredients:

1 egg 1 tbsp. sugar

1/2 c. rich milk 1/4 c. grape juice

1/4 tsp. powdered sugar Method:

Beat the yolk and white separately very light. To the yolk add milk, sugar, and grape juice, and pour into glass. To the white add a little powdered sugar and a tbsp. of grape juice. Serve on yolk mixture. Chill all ingredients before using.

Oatmeal Water

Ingredients:

1 tbsp. oatmeal salt

1 tbsp. cold water 1 qt. boiling water

Method:

Mix oatmeal and cold water, add salt, and stir into the boiling water. Boil three hours; replenish the water as it boils away. Strain through a fine sieve or cheesecloth. Season, serve cold. Different brands of oatmeal vary considerably in the amount of water which they take up in cooking, and sufficient should always be added to make this drink almost as thin as water.

Barley Water

Ingredients:

1 1/2 tbsp. pearl barley 1 qt. cold water salt Method:

Wash barley, add cold water and let soak several hours or over night. Drain and add the fresh, cold water, boil gently over direct heat two hours, or in a double boiler steadily four hours, down to one pint, adding water from time to time; season with salt. Strain through muslin.

Note : Cream or milk may be added, or lemon juice and sugar. Barley water is a slightly astringent or demulcent drink used to reduce laxative condition.

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