The Laurel Health Cookery: A Collection of Practical Suggestions and Recipes for the Preparation of Non-Flesh Foods in Palatable and Attractive Ways

but did use juicy acid fruits in abundance, who never felt the pangs of thirst, and they were in exceptionally good health, with great powers of endurance. The change of water in travelling affects many people unfavorably and often it is difficult to obtain pure water. The substitution of juicy fruits at such times banishes the difficulties. =Fruit Nectars= We make “fruit nectars” by adding lemon juice, sugar and water (the less sugar the better, a sugar syrup is preferable) to pure fruit juices and to combinations of fruit juices. Some, such as grape and black raspberry, will bear a good deal of water, but pineapple and other delicate flavored juices very little. If pineapple is combined with another juice, let it be something without a strong, positive flavor (as orange or strawberry), or the pineapple juice will be wasted. A strong and a neutral flavored juice, red raspberry and currant for instance, go well together. Lemon juice gives character to all. Peach and grape juice, or apple and grape juice are good combinations. To fully enjoy the flavors, do not serve drinks ice cold. =Banana Lemon Nectar= _Syrup_--3-4 cups water, ½ cup sugar, boil; add ½ cup lemon juice, cool. Cut 1 large banana in small pieces; pour syrup over, let stand in refrigerator 2 hours or longer; strain or not; serve with thin slices of lemon. =Orange Banana Nectar= Cut half a small orange into sections, rind and all and add to banana syrup about 20 m. before serving. Before straining, put sections into glasses, pour the strained syrup over them and serve. =Orange Nectar= Add sections of orange to lemon syrup without the banana. =Mint Orange Nectar= Add shredded mint to orange nectar. =Lemonades= Lemonade, with but little sugar, has no equal as a drink because of the purifying effect of the lemon juice upon both the water and the individual. A strong lemonade requires less sugar in proportion than one having a large quantity of water. A sugar syrup is best for sweetening, and the less used the better. _Mint_--Sprinkle fine cut spearmint into lemonade 10