Lemon Water Ice
From My mother's cook book, 1902
Taste before freezing to adjust sweetness.
Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from My mother's cook book (1902) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 76. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Four lemons, one-half pound of sugar, one and one-half pint of boiling water. Grate the rind from the lemons into a bowl, squeeze upon this the juice, add to this the sugar and, pour over all the boiling water, stirring the mixture meantime until ..horoughly blended. Allow the preparation to stand until quite cold, after which strain it through a horse-hair sieve or a piece of muslin and throwing it into a freezer, freeze until very hard ; then the freezer must be packed in fresh ice to keep its contents from melting, and the water ice should be served from this, as required. Note. — Lemon water ice
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