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Lime Drink

From Practical West African cookery, 1910

Nigerian limes are recommended for a better flavor.

Presented as published in 1910. 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 Practical West African cookery (1910) by S. Leith-Ross, page 82. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lime Drink. — The Nigerian limes are delicious and make a far better drink than any bottled lime juice. It must of course be made according to taste, but it is as well to tell your boy exactly bow much sugar you like, or whole tinfuls will disappear. For a small tumbler, the juice of half a lime and two lumps of sugar

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