An Interesting Find...

[St. George]

I like bookstores - more specifically, older used book stores, as I've found the most interesting things there, since for me, they're a treasure hunting experience, and you just never know what'll turn up.

Yesterday - I wound up with a copy of:

'Home Made Beverages - the Manufacture of Non-Alchoholic Drinks in the Household' - by Albert A. Hopkins.

Originally published by the Scientific American - mine's the edition from 1919, but the material's copyrights date from 1892.

It covers :

Essences and Extracts
Syrups
Non-Alchoholic Beers
Eggs and Milk or Cream Drinks
Frappe's
Ginger Ales, Beers, Pop, etc.
Glace's
Grape juice
Ice Cream Beverages for Fountains
Lemon, Lime, Mint, etc.
Malt beverages
Malted Milk and Mead
Phosphates
Punches
Sundaes
Hot Beverages
Beverages for the Sick
Ciders
Wines and Wine making
Mixed Drinks
Punches

No doubt all completely tested and found suitable, and for NCOWS, especially - a very nice added filip for a banquet or other gathering, as the recipes all pre-date the era.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

[Trap]

  Interesting that they consider wines and beer non-alcoholic drinks.

[St. George]

Apparently, it has something to do with the 'proof' of the alchohol, since it's a naturally-occurring part of the fermentation process.

The interesting part is that 'way back when' - they were looking for something akin to 'Lite' beer, and similar beverages.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

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[Frenchie]

Being originally from Massachusetts (just try to get me to live there now - not gonna happen), I'd like to point out that "frappe" is the correct name for a milkshake. And dad-gum it, there are times I'd kill for a bottle of carbonated gentian root beer, aka Moxie.

[Delmonico]

Sorry that is just a regional change of a term, most often before ice cream got common after the 1850's invention of the hand cranked ice cream freezer, frappe is a slushed fruit drink.  Some areas of the country do call a milkshake a frappe, but some folks call a pick-up a truck.