FoodNet

Inexpensive Drink

From Original White House Cookbook, 1887

Serves 4

A nice, cheap drink that can replace lemonade.

Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 303. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

INEXPENSIVE DRINK. A VERY nice, cheap drink which may take the place of lemonade and be found fully as healthful is made with one cupful of pure cider vinegar, half a cupful of good molasses, put into one quart pitcher of ice-water. A tablespoonful of ground ginger

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.