Lemon Syrup

Ingredients

• fifty lemons
• three pounds of sugar
• an earthen jar
• a saucepan of boiling water

Method

1. 1

   Squeeze the juice of fifty lemons, and for every quart of lemon juice take three pounds of sugar.

2. 2

   Let the lemon juice and sugar dissolve in an earthen jar placed in a saucepan of boiling water.

3. 3

   Let it simmer in this manner till all the sugar is melted and the whole a rich, thick syrup.

4. 4

   Bottle when cold, and cork well.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Hilda's "where is it?" of recipes (1891) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 80. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

fifty lemons, and for every quart of lemon juice take three pounds of sugar, Let the lemon juice and sugar dissolve in an earthen jar placed in «3« S] SYRUP (LEMON)— SALAD— SANDWICHES. a saucepan of boiling water

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