From "The Joy of Cooking," ed. 1943. (I doubt you'll find it in later
editions!) I tried searching online first, but couldn't find anything
as simple as this.

Quite good.

MINT CUP

About 2 quarts

Remove the tips and the leaves from:

4 sprigs of mint

Add to them:
2 cups sugar
2 cups water

Boil these ingredients for 5 minutes. Strain the syrup. Add:
2 cups lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt

Chill these ingredients well. Immediately before serving add:

1 quart chilled ginger ale


Lenona.

Lenona wrote:
> From "The Joy of Cooking," ed. 1943. (I doubt you'll find it in later
> editions!) I tried searching online first, but couldn't find anything
> as simple as this.
>
> Quite good.
>
> MINT CUP
>
> About 2 quarts
>
> Remove the tips and the leaves from:
>
> 4 sprigs of mint
>
> Add to them:
> 2 cups sugar
> 2 cups water
>
> Boil these ingredients for 5 minutes. Strain the syrup. Add:
> 2 cups lemon juice
> 1/4 teaspoon salt
>
> Chill these ingredients well. Immediately before serving add:
>
> 1 quart chilled ginger ale
>
>
> Lenona.


That sounds worth playing with!

--
Jean B.