This is an old recipe from the 1800's. This was a when people made very interesting drinks and food to please there taste on a warm summer day. Now we find a soda pop or a cool glass of water or milk a rather pleasing drink. True, they did have soda pop then, but it was not as common and was much more expensive. They made it a treat, a thing you only had once in a great while. So when they had get-togethers it was not like what we have now where we just fill a ice chest full of cans of soda pop or had enough milk to fill many glasses. Milk either came from a small bottle that was delivered once a day or it came from the family cow which would not be enough for their rather large parties. They had mostly water to drink but they needed something that others would enjoy drinking, for it was much to warm to drink hot tea during the summer days.

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{Sherbet}

 ~Six Lemons~

~Eight sweet Oranges~

~Sugar (if needed)~

   Slice both the lemons and the oranges and remove the seeds, put the sliced fruit in one gallon of water and sweeten to taste. Feeze or use ice.

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   I hope you enjoy this summer treat. In the words of Pablo Picasso, "I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it."

Sincerely,

~Mary-Ann~

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Posted by leighannwhitten

Mary-Ann
Thanks for sharing this recipe. It sounds positively yummy!
Blessings,
Leigh-Ann

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Posted by maa

That sounds good!! I am going to try it.
We usually make our lemonaid with lemons and sugar, avoiding the artificial stuff.
Thanks for sharing this one:)
maa's mom
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We too, like to stay away from artificial products. I am allergic to many and so is my older brother. I cannot have certain chocolate and granola bars and most diet products for this reason. My brother, Matthew Robert, is allergic to artificial sweeteners. Besides this we like to eat things that we know where they came from and not some thing that was made in a Lab.

We do not have lemonade very often because my mother has an allergy to lemons and oranges.

Well I am going on and on.

Sincerely,

~*Mary-Ann*~

Edited by poppy on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 05:16

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Posted by Belle

Hi Mary-Ann,

That sounds very delicious and refreshing! Thanks for sharing it.
Have a Great day!
Belle

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