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Lenox Punch
A party-table recipe from 1910 featuring water, with the historic method and citation preserved.
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What you’ll need
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- ¾ cup sugar
- ⅔ tumbler currant jelly
- Ice
- 1 cup orange juice
- ½ cup lemon juice
- 2 bottles ginger ale
- ⅓ cup brandy
Make it happen
Directions
- 1
Make a syrup by boiling sugar and water fifteen minutes. Add jelly, and, as soon as dissolved, add a piece of ice to cool mixture; then add fruit juices, ale, and brandy. Color red, freeze to a mush, serve in glasses, and insert in each glass a small sprig of holly with berries.
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