Hot weather has arrived just in time for the Memorial Day holiday, and I bet you’re thinking about a cold drink right about now aren’t you? I know I am!
In my quest for cool refreshment, I decided I wanted something different than tea or lemonade, so I started looking though my many cookbooks for inspiration. After an hour of looking, I still hadn’t found what I wanted…something unique and different….and then an idea hit me. I collect antique cookbooks, and many of them are from the days when not all households had an electric refrigerator, most people had their ice delivered, and nobody had even thought of air conditioning. I figured that if anyone would have great hot weather beverage ideas, it would be the cookbook authors from the ”good ole’ days”.
Within a few minutes, I found the perfect recipe in a cookbook from the Prohibition days of the 1920′s. The recipe is called “Eskimo Cups”. Sounds cool and refreshing doesn’t it? I fell in love with it right away! So if you want to beat the heat this holiday weekend, try this alcohol-free drink (remember this is from the days of Prohibition)….you can always add some Vodka to zip it up if you want.
Eskimo Cups
1 cup grapefruit juice 1/2 cup lemon juice 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup water 1 pint ginger ale cracked ice Combine the fruit juices, sugar, and water; stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add the ginger ale and serve over cracked ice. Makes 1 1/4 qts.