Aunt Caroline's Dixieland recipes

by Emma McKinney; William McKinney

UNCLE REMUS MINT JULEP

³⁄₄ 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.