Champagne Cup

Ingredients

• the juice of half a good-sized, sound lemon
• one tablespoonful of powdered sugar
• two ponies of red curagoa
• one bottle of plain soda
• three pints of any brand of champagne
• about a quarter of a pound of ice
• strawberries
• very thin slices of pineapple
• a finely sliced, medium-sized orange
• half a bunch of fine, fresh mint

Method

1. 1

   Squeeze lemon juice into a large glass pitcher.

2. 2

   Sweeten with sugar, add red curacao, soda, and cucumber rind.

3. 3

   Pour in champagne and mix with ice.

4. 4

   Garnish with strawberries, pineapple, orange, and mint.

5. 5

   Serve with champagne glasses.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The complete cook book (1900) by Rees, Jennie Day Mrs., page 149. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHAMPAGNE CUP. Squeeze the juice of half a good-sized, sound lemon into a fancy glass pitcher large enough to contain five pints; sweeten with one tablespoonful of powdered sugar, then add two ponies of red curagoa, one bottle of plain soda, and two slices of cucumber rind. Pour in three pints of any brand of champagne, adding about a quarter of a pound of ice, then mix thoroughly with a 3IO The Complete Cook Book. spoon, and ornament the punch nicely with straw- berries, very thin slices of pineapple, a finely sliced, medium-sized orange, and half a bunch of fine, fresh mint

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