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AUNT CAROLINE'S DIXIELAND RECIPES
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UNCLE REMUS MINT JULEP

¾ cup sugar,
Juice 3 lemons,
1 cup of water,
4 sprigs of mints,
1 pint ginger ale,
or
“Any flavoring desired.”

Boil sugar and water ten minutes, and cool; add strained lemon juice, mint leaves bruised, and ginger ale; half fill glasses with crushed ice, and julep, and garnish with a sprig of mint.

DEWBERRY VINEGAR

Over three quarts of dewberries pour one pint of vinegar and let it stand twenty-four hours. Strain and add one pound of sugar to one pint of juice. Scald twenty minutes and bottle tight. Strawberry and raspberry vinegar may be made in the same way.