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Lemon Squash

A simple lemon and soda water drink served over ice.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Lemon Squash

Lemon Squash

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Slice the lemon into a glass.

  2. Squeeze out some juice with a spoon.

  3. Add 1 or 2 lumps of ice.

  4. Pour the soda water over the lemon and ice.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Lemon
Provides sour citrus flavour and aroma that brightens the soda water.
Soda water
Supplies carbonation, giving the drink its fizz and crisp bite.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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