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The Vintage Lemonade Recipe With An Unexpectedly Meaty Ingredient By Maria Scinto Oct. 25, 2025 6:00 pm EST

Plain lemonade made with nothing more than sugar, lemon juice, and water is always perfectly delicious, but it's also fun to dress it up a bit. You can go for a floral upgrade by adding lavender , for example. Or, if you'd rather, you could spice things up with chopped green chiles — or even take a tip from a 1944 recipe and incorporate lemon zest . One vintage recipe that you might not want to emulate, however, comes from an 1827 booklet titled "Oxford Night Caps." It recommends making lemonade with a beefy ingredient known as calf foot jelly.

This lemonade is actually a booze-free, extra-lemony version of a drink known as

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