Old-fashioned lemonade is refreshing on a hot summer day, but it can get a little boring, so when I saw a recipe in a hundred-year-old cookbook for Pineapple and Lemonade, I decided to give it a try. The Pineapple and Lemonade was a little sweeter than the typical lemonade, and the pineapple flavor predominated over the lemon, but it was tasty.
Here’s the original recipe:
This recipe was in an Order of the Eastern Star organizational cookbook. The Order of the Eastern Star is affiliated with the masons. The recipe author was John Hamill. I think this is the first male recipe author that I’ve seen in a hundred-year-old cookbook. The initials after his name (R.W.G.T.) mean that he was the Right Worthy Grand Templar or Right Worthy Grand Treasurer.
Here’s the recipe updated for modern cooks:
Pineapple and Lemonade
2 cups water
1 cup sugar
1 20-ounce can of crushed pineapple
juice of 3 lemons
4 cups mixture of ice and water
Put water and sugar in a saucepan; bring to a boil using medium heat while stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Stir in the contents of the can of pineapple and the lemon juice, then strain. Add the ice and water mixture, and serve.
Sounds like a really refreshing drink.
It is. The Pineapple and Lemonade is a nice summer drink.
I’d probably cut the sugar, but it sounds refreshing on a hot summer’s day!
Good suggestion. I think that you’re right that this recipe might be better with less sugar.
A lot of the older recipes are really heavy on the sugar. I’m sure they adapted during the war years and Depression.
Talk about sweet. My mix is 8 cups water to 1 cup sugar.
It’s intriguing that the hundred-year-old recipe called for so much sugar. Not sure why they made it so sweet.
Sheryl, I lost your website for awhile and missed your recipes. I am tuned in again! This sounds delicious.
Welcome back.
Thank you. You are still going strong.