Lemonade for Invalids

Ingredients

• One-half a lemon
• lump sugar to taste
• one pint of boiling water

Method

1. 1

   Pare lemon, cut into slices, and remove pith.

2. 2

   Place lemon slices and sugar in a jug, pour boiling water over, cover, and let steep for two hours.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mother's Cook Book: Containing Recipes for Every Day in the Week, Including .. (1902) by Marion Harland, page 100. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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