Clove Lemon Syrup

Clove lemon syrup is a refreshing twist on classic home made lemonade. If you have a soda stream you can even make your own lemon soda!

Originally published in the Cairns Post, January 29th, 1953

Ingredients

570ml or 2 1/2 US cups water

2 cups of white sugar

1 1/2 cups of lemon juice

18 whole cloves

Method

Put everything in a saucepan and boil for 2 minutes.

Turn off the heat and strain out the cloves.

Let the syrup cool completely.

To serve, take a glass of ice water and add as much syrup as you like. Stir and drink!

Witch’s Brew

Originally published as “Witche’s (sic) Brew in The Queenslander, October 29th, 1936

Ingredients per person

1 cup of milk

Cocoa and sugar or sweetened drinking chocolate

1 or 2 marshmallows. You can use store bought ones but nothing compares to home made marshmallows :)

To decorate the marshmallows either

melted chocolate and a toothpick (as in the original recipe) or a prepackaged icing writer or royal icing, a piping bag and a writing tube

Method

Warm the milk in a saucepan

Add the sugar and cocoa and whisk.

While the milk is heating take the marshmallows and draw angry faces on them using icing or a toothpick diped in melted chocolate.

Pour the hot chocoalte drink into a mug and float the marshmallows on top.