Add the sugar to the water, stir until boiling, boil five minutes, and, when cool, add the raspberry and currant juices, and freeze as directed.
This will serve six persons; in punch glasses, eight persons.
GRAPE WATER ICE
1 pint of grape juice
1 quart of water
1 pound of sugar
Juice of one lemon
Boil the sugar and water together for five minutes, take from the fire, add the lemon juice, and skim. When cold, add the grape juice, and freeze as directed.
If fresh grapes are to be used, select Muscatels or Concords. Pulp the grapes, boil the pulps, press them through a sieve, and add the skins and the pulps to the sugar and water. Boil five minutes, press as much as possible through a sieve, and freeze.
This will serve eight persons.
LEMON WATER ICE
4 large lemons
1 quart of water
1-1/4 pounds of sugar
Grate the yellow rind of two lemons into the sugar, add the water, stir over the fire until the sugar is dissolved, and boil for five minutes. Strain, and stand aside to cool. When cold, add the juice of the lemons, and freeze as directed on page 63.