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Show A FEW SUMMER BEVERAGES Iced Tea Must Hiive Liquid Poured Off as Soon as Tea Steeps A Milk Shtrbert. Iced tea should be mado Ions onough hofore It Is wanted to admit of straining tho leaves before cooling. cool-ing. It should bo made stronger than If to be used without tho nddltlon of lco, as the melting of the Ico weakens It. A heaping teaspoouful for each cup of tea wanted Is none too much Pour boiling water over tl.o tea-leaves, tea-leaves, lot stoop three to five minutes, pour off and cool, Sonio brands of tea require a llttlo longer atoeplng, and this must bo attended to with judgment. Most of tea made for Icing Is allowed to stand or steep too long, and thus tho tnnnlc acid Is drawn out, rendering tho lasle bitter or "strong," and tho effect on tho Btoninch Into which It is taken very Injurious. Servo with plenty of cracked Ico and slices of lemon. For a bovorago to tako tho place of coffoo, tako three teacupfuls of clean wheat-bran, cup and a half of corn meal, half n cup of syrup or Now Orleans molasses, and one wclMienten egg. Hub all these together, mixing thoroughly, then parch In the oven Mntll brown, and keep In a dry, cool place. In making, uso the same quantity quan-tity as for tho real coffee, but bo suro to boll for full 15 minutes. As to coffeo cof-feo being hnrmful, much depends upon up-on tho Individual, how It Is mado, anil what quantities aro taken. Doctors disagree on tho question of Its harm-fulness. harm-fulness. Milk Shorbert. Squeeze the Julco of six lemons on four cupfulo of BUgar; put tho skins of the lemons Into In-to n pint of water and simmer for n fow minutes. Scald two quarts of fresh milk with two tablespoonfuls of corn starch and one cupful of sugar. When cold put Into a freezer, and when It begins to stiffen, add tho syrup of lemon Juice and sugar and tho wator from tho rinds and freeze Tills Is more delicious than Ico cream. Tho Commoner. |