Apple Water

Ingredients

• six apples
• the rind of half a lemon
• sugar according to taste
• one quart of boiling water

Method

1. 1

   Peel and core the apples, then slice them.

2. 2

   Boil a kettle of water.

3. 3

   Place the apple slices and lemon rind into a jug, pour the boiling water over them, and sweeten to taste.

4. 4

   Allow to cool, then strain into another jug.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The official handbook for the National Training School for Cookery (1891) by National Training School for Cookery (London), page 160. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

one quart of boiling water. 3. We stir this over the fire while boiling for five minutes. 4. We then flavour it with a small piece of lemon peel or cinnamon. 5. We put the jug into a cool place, and when it is perfectly cold we take out the lemon peel and sweeten the water, according to taste. It is then ready for use. 43 o National Training School for Cookery. SICK-ROOM COOKERY. Lesson No. 7. APPLE WATER. Average cost of "Apple Water" (one quart). INGREDIENTS. d. 6 apples 5 The rind of half a lemon ) L Sugar ) z IT Time required for making, about eight minutes. Now we will show you how to make Apple Water. 1. We take six apples, peel them, and cut out the core. N.B. — When the apples are juicy, six will be sufficient, but more may be required according to the season of the year. 2. We put a kettle of water on the fire to boil. 3. We cut the apples up in slices. 4. We take half a lemon, wipe it clean in a cloth, and peel it very thinly. 5. We put the slices of apple and the lemon rind into a jug- 6. When the water is quite boiling, we pour one quart of it on to the apples in the jug. 7. We sweeten it according to taste. 8. We stand the jug of apple water aside to cool. 9. When the water is quite cold we strain it into another jug, and it is then ready for use. Lessons on Sick-Room Cookery. — Lemonade. 431 SICK-ROOM COOKERY. Lesson No. 8. LEMONADE. Average cost of " Lemonade" {one pint and a half). INGREDIENTS. a. 2 lemons 3 Loaf sugar Time required, about one hour. Now we will show you how to make Lemonade. 1. We put a kettle of water on the fire to boil. 2. We take two lemons, wipe them clean in a cloth, and peel them very thinly. N.B. — We should be careful, in peeling the lemons, not to cut any of the pith, or white skin, as it would make the lemonade bitter. 3. We now cut off all the pith. 4. We cut up the lemons into thin slices, take out all the pips, and put the slices and half the rind of the lemons into a jug. 5. We add loaf sugar, according to tast

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