How to Make Refreshing Beverages

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 262, 26 January 1928, Page 8

How to Make Refreshing Beverages

Cool Drinks For the Summer Raspberry Water Ice. —For raspberry water ice there is required one pint of water, four ounces of sugar, half a cupful of raspberry juice pressed from the fresh berries, or the same quantity of raspberry jam put through a sieve, and a few drops of almond essence. Make a syrup with the sugar and water boil them together, let this cool, then add the almond essence and fruit juice. Stir well and pour into freezer. Lemon water ice is made in the same way, using lemon juice instead of raspberry juice and leaving out the essence.

Raspberry Syrup. Place eight breakfastcupfuls of raspberries in an earthenware bowl, and pour over them four breakfastcupfuls of cold water. Cover and put aside for four days, and stir them well three or four times daily. When ready strain off the juice, measure it with a teacup, and mix with it an equal bulk of good sugar. When the sugar is dissolved, pour the syrup into bottles, but leave them uncorked for three or four days. This syrup will be found a capital substitute for sherry when making trifles. Portable Lemonade. —Rub the rind of a large fresh lemon on three-punces of loaf sugar. Crush it to powder and mix with half an ounce of tartaric acid. When thoroughly blended put the powder into a glass bottle and cork it well. It will keep for some time. When wanted put a teaspoonful of the powder into a glass of water and stir round. Suflicient for a dozen tumblers of lemonade. Lemon Cream Soda.—Over one pound of sugar pour one pint of boiling water, add the thinly pared rind of one lemon and the strained juice of three. Cover closely, and when nearly cold mix in a level teaspoonful of tartaric acid and a stiffly whipped white of egg. It may be diluted for use with soda water or plain water in which a little carbonate of soda has been dissolved.

Lemon Whey.—lngredients: One teacupful of milk, 1 tablespoonful of lemon juice, 1 or 2 teaspoonfuls of sugar. Method: Put the milk and sugar into a pan and bring to the boil. Add the strained lemon juice, and heat very slowly until the milk curdles. Strain through a piece of muslin into a glass and drink when cold. Lemon Kale. —Half-pound of ground white sugar, quarter-pound of tartaric acid, quarter-pound carbonate of soda, and 40 drops of essence of lemon. Dry the powders thoroughly first; then add essence to the sugar, and then the powders. Mix very well: keep in tightly-corked bottles, and take out with a dry spoou. A large tablespoonful in two-thirds of a tumbler of water makes a nice drink. Lemon Syrup. —Remove the rind of two lemons in thin strips, and after stripping off all white pith slice the lemons across. Mix the two, and add one and a-half pounds of sugar and one ounce of tartaric acid. Pour over about two pints of boiling water, stir until the sugar is dissolved, and strain when cold. It must be well diluted before use.

TX) find a really cool place these hot A days is a joy in itself, but an evening of real coolness combined with splendid amusement is a treat of rare delight. Yet this can be obtained at the Majestic, a theatre which has justly earned the title of “The Coolest Theatre in Town.” Right through the Majestic Theatre there is flowing a continuous current of fresh air, a ventilation system that is unique and of remarkable efficiency. Added to this is the well-balanced programme designed to interest, educate and amuse. supported by the brilliant orchestral music under the baton of Mr. J. Whiteford-Waugh. For the many people who these days spend the evening in town, the Majestic tea-room offers a charming light tea, dainty and satisfying, and the evening can afterwards be rounded off with a visit to “The Coolest Theatre in Town.” tpHE excellent accommodation for bathers at Dixieland, Point Chevalier, has been greatly appreciated during the recent hot weather. Picnics too are catered for. and refreshments are always available. Every Wednesday night the flannel dances at Dixieland Cabaret are delightfully pleasant and cool, quickly reached by a good bus service along a concrete road. Private car owners will find ample parking accommodation.