Bygone Recipes – Beverages

Ingredients

• 1 cup coffee (240ml)
• ½ ounce chicory (14g)
• 1 egg slightly beaten
• 4 cups boiling water (960ml)
• ¼ cup cold water (60ml)

Method

1. Mix coffee, chicory, egg and cold water, add boiling water and boil five minutes; let stand five minutes on back of range where it will keep hot.
2. Serve without sugar or cream.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 1 cup freshly ground coffee (240ml)
• 1 whole egg or one egg white
• 1 cup cold water (240ml)
• 6 cups boiling water (1.4 litres)

Method

1. Mix coffee, egg and one half cup cold water, add boiling water, boil hard five minutes.
2. Set on back part of range, add other half cup of cold water, let stand five minutes, and serve with hot milk, cream and sugar.
3. Coffee No. 2 – Use rule for Boiled Coffee, using six cups cold water instead of boiling water.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons Lowney’s Breakfast Cocoa
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon brandy
• ¼ cup boiling water (60ml)
• 4 cups scalded milk (960ml)
• ⅛ teaspoon salt

Method

1. Mix four tablespoons Lowney’s Breakfast Cocoa, four tablespoons sugar, and one fourth cup boiling water; when smooth, add four cups scalded milk and cook in double boiler twenty minutes; add one tablespoon brandy and salt; beat and serve; garnish with beaten cream.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Lowney’s Breakfast Cocoa
• 2 cups milk (480ml)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 cups boiling water (480ml)
• ⅛ teaspoon salt

Method

1. Mix two tablespoons Lowney’s Breakfast Cocoa, two tablespoons sugar, one eighth teaspoon salt; add two cups boiling water gradually; when smooth, boil five minutes; add two cups scalded milk, beat with a Dover egg beater until frothy.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 1 pound Lowney’s Chocolate (0.454kg)
• 2 quarts boiling water (1.9 litres)
• ¾ pound sugar (340g)
• 6 quarts scalded milk (5.7 litres)
• ½ tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon vanilla

Method

1. Melt chocolate over hot water, add sugar and water, boil ten minutes.
2. Add salt and scalded milk, beat well.
3. Add vanilla and serve with whipped cream.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 1 pint claret (568ml)
• 1 cup curaçoa (240ml)
• 1 cup soda water (240ml)
• 1 cup sherry (240ml)
• 1 slice cucumber
• juice of one orange
• sugar to taste

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 1½ cups Lowney’s Cocoa (approx. 150g)
• 1 quart cold water (946ml)
• 2 quarts boiling water (1.9 litres)
• 6 quarts scalded milk (5.7 litres)
• ¾ cup sugar (150g)
• 2 teaspoons salt

Method

1. Mix cocoa, sugar and salt.
2. Add cold water, then boiling water, boil five minutes, add to scalded milk.
3. Beat well with Dover egg beater and serve.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 4 cups currant juice (960ml)
• 4 cups sugar (800g)
• 12 cups water (2.9 litres)
• 6 lemons
• 6 oranges
• 2 cups tea (480ml)

Method

1. Boil sugar and water five minutes; add tea, juice, lemons and oranges sliced, and a large piece of ice.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 2 squares Lowney’s Premium Chocolate (56g)
• ½ cup boiling water (120ml)
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• 3 cups milk scalded (720ml)
• ¼ cup ground coffee (approx. 3g)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons brandy

Method

1. Melt two squares Lowney’s Premium Chocolate, add sugar and boiling water, boil two minutes.
2. Scald the milk with coffee, strain, and add to chocolate with salt and brandy.
3. Beat with Dover egg beater and serve with beaten cream.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 4 cups sugar (approx. 800g)
• 8 cups water (1.9 litres)
• 2 quarts Apollinaris (1.9 litres)
• 1 pineapple shredded
• 1 cup fruit juice (240ml)
• 1 box strawberries hulled and cut in pieces
• 4 bananas cut in slices
• juice of 6 oranges
• juice of 3 lemons

Method

1. Boil sugar and water five minutes; add fruit, ice, Apollinaris, and water to make the punch right strength.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar (approx. 400g)
• 1 cup lemon juice (240ml)

Method

1. Boil two cups of sugar and four cups water until a rich sirup is formed.
2. Add one cup lemon juice.
3. Dilute with ice water.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk (240ml)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 4 teaspoons of sherry
• few gratings nutmeg

Method

1. Put two lumps of ice in glass; add sugar, milk and wine; shake, strain, and add nutmeg.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 1 bunch mint
• 2 cups ice water (480ml)
• juice lemons
• 2 cups sugar (approx. 400g)
• 4 cups water (960ml)

Method

1. Chop mint; add ice water; let stand over night.
2. Boil sugar and water; chill; add lemon juice and mint water.
3. Serve with crushed ice; garnish with mint leaves.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 2 cups water (480ml)
• 16 cloves
• 3 eggs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 cups wine (480ml)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Method

1. Boil cloves and water ten minutes.
2. Beat yolks and sugar together; add water, wine, lemon juice, and stiffly beaten whites.
3. Serve hot.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar (approx. 400g)
• 4 cups water (960ml)
• ⅓ cup lemon juice (80ml)
• ⅔ cup orange juice (160ml)
• 2 oranges sliced

Method

1. Boil two cups of sugar and four cups water until a rich sirup is formed.
2. Add juice.
3. Dilute with ice water.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard

Ingredients

• 2 squares Lowney’s Premium Chocolate (56g)
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 3 cups scalded milk (720ml)
• 1 cup boiling water (240ml)
• salt

Method

1. Melt two squares Lowney’s Premium Chocolate, add sugar, salt and boiling water; boil two minutes, add scalded milk and beat with Dover egg beater to prevent scum from forming.
2. Serve very hot.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard