All about drinks

A drink is any beverage, hot or cold, that quenches, refreshes, or stimulates thirst. The body needs fluids to help regulate body processes and maintain good health. A large amount of water is lost from the body through perspiration and this must be replaced.

There are three main classes of drinks: –

1. Refreshing drinks. These quench your thirst and include all fruit juices, spirits, and sparkling water. All soft drinks contain carbohydrates in the form of sugar, while those made with fresh fruit also contain vitamin C and mineral salt.

2. Nutritious drinks. These drinks can be used as food when you are hungry. In fact, they are used as food for the young, the sick and the elderly who cannot eat solid food. All drinks that contain milk are included and provide nutrients to the body in the form of vitamins, mineral salts, proteins, fats and carbohydrates.

3. Stimulating drinks. These contain very little nutritional value, except for a small amount of carbohydrates in the form of sugar, if sugar has been added to them. These include tea and coffee that contain stimulant substances that young children should not drink in excess.

Refreshing drinks: –

Orangeade or lemonade recipe

Ingredients: –

2 oranges or 4 lemons

3 spoonfuls of sugar

¼ pint of boiling water

Method: –

1. Wash and dry the fruit.

2. Grate the crust into a bowl. (Do not include the white marrow).

3. Add the sugar to the shell and pour boiling water over it.

4. Cover the syrup and steep for about 15 minutes.

5. Cross each fruit in half. Cut a thin slice to decorate and squeeze the juice from the rest of the fruit.

6. Strain the fruit juice and cold syrup into a clean glass pitcher and add enough cold water to make 2 pints.

7. Chill the drink in the refrigerator.

8. Add a few ice cubes and carefully place the fruit slice on the rim of the jar before serving.

9. Serve the drink by placing the carafe on a drip tray and placing the carafe and clean glasses on a clean and tidy tray.

Crushed pineapple recipe

Ingredients: –

1 small pineapple

1 lime

2 sprigs of mint leaves

3 spoonfuls of sugar

¼ pint of boiling water

Method: –

1. Put the sugar in a bowl, to boil the water and make a syrup.

2. Peel and grate the pineapple and squeeze the juice into a bowl.

3. Squeeze the lime juice and add it to the pineapple.

4. Strain the pineapple and cold syrup into a glass pitcher and add enough cold water to make 2 pints.

5. Chill the drink in the refrigerator.

6. Serve the drink with ice cubes and garnish with mint leaves.

Note: – Many other interesting and refreshing drinks can be prepared in the same way. Here are some sour soap drink suggestions, cucumber lime drink, and watermelon drink.

Nutritious drinks: –

Milk is one of the most important foods for everyone, especially very young children, growing children, pregnant women, and the elderly. It contains proteins and mineral salts that are very necessary for growth. Milk is rich in a mineral salt called calcium that is necessary for building strong bones and teeth. Milk also contains vitamins, carbohydrates, and fats, making it good for young and growing children.

There are many types of milk, but the most used is cow’s milk, although milk from other animals is also used, such as goat and buffalo milk.

Cow’s milk can be purchased as; –

1. Fresh milk.

2. Condensed milk: part of the water in the milk has evaporated, sugar has been added and the milk is canned.

3. Evaporated milk: some of the water in the milk has evaporated before canning.

4. Powdered milk: all the water in the milk has evaporated, leaving only the solids in powder form.

Clean milk can only be obtained from clean and healthy cows, raised in clean, well-cared for environments and milked under very hygienic conditions. Milk is a complete food for babies but it is also a very good breeding ground for germs. Germs grow and multiply very quickly in milk. Many of the bacteria found in milk are harmless, but they make the milk bitter.

Sometimes milk carries germs that carry disease. These disease germs can enter the milk from the cow’s body, from flies, dirty utensils, dirty hands, and airborne dust. Therefore, it is very important that the milk is always kept very clean and covered at all times.

To preserve the milk: –

1. Blanch all fresh milk to kill germs. To scald the milk, bring it quickly to a boil, boil for three minutes, and then cool quickly. Blanching will keep the milk better.

2. Store the husked milk in clean containers, cover it with a piece of clean muslin and keep it in a cool place, either in a refrigerator or in a clay container with cold water.

3. Never leave condensed milk in the open can. Always empty the contents into clean, dry containers and keep the milk covered to prevent the entry of dust and germs.

4. Always empty and clean all milk containers before refilling with fresh milk. Never add fresh milk to old milk.

To reconstitute the milk: –

2 tablespoons powdered milk

1 pint of water

1. Measure the water into a mixing bowl.

2. Sprinkle powdered milk in the water.

3. Beat with a rotary beater or fork until milk is free of lumps.

Vanilla milk shake recipe

Ingredients: –

1 glass of very cold milk

2 heaping teaspoons castor sugar

4 drops of vanilla essence

Method: –

1. Put all the ingredients in a blender.

2. Shake until the sugar dissolves and the milk is frothy.

3. Serve in a tall glass with a colored straw.

Note: – You can prepare different shakes with different aromas. A scoop of ice cream will greatly enhance the shake.

Stimulating drinks: –

Cocoa is not only a stimulating drink, it is also a nutritious drink. It contains starch and fat and when it is made with milk and sugar it contains a lot of nutritional value. Cocoa is made from cocoa beans, the seeds of the cocoa pods that are the fruit of the cocoa tree grown in many parts of tropical Africa, South America and the West Indies, Ceylon, and Java. The cocoa beans are roasted and then ground. The cocoa fat called cocoa butter is then removed, after which the cocoa is ground and sifted into a very fine powder. The presence of starch in cocoa makes it necessary to boil the drink if a thicker and smoother drink is desired.

Cocoa recipe

Ingredients: –

2 teaspoons of cocoa

1 pint of milk

sugar

Method: –

1. Blend the cocoa with 2 to 3 tablespoons of milk.

2. Boil the rest of the milk in a saucepan of rinsed milk.

3. When the milk boils, pour it over the blended cocoa and stir.

4. Rinse the saucepan and return the cocoa to the pot to bring it back to a boil.

5. Boil the cocoa for 3 minutes, pour it into a warm jug and serve it with the sugar served separately.

Tea is made from the dried buds or leaves of the tea bush that grows very well on the slopes of India and Ceylon, Malaysia, China and Japan.

There are two types of tea:

1. Green tea or Chinese tea is made with unfermented leaves, which is drunk very weakly and without sugar.

2. Ceylon tea is made from fermented leaves, which is generally served in the afternoon with or without milk and sugar. The recipe that is given is to make this type of tea.

The best quality tea has only the buds of the bush that are well curled when dried and contain no stem, flowers or powder. Tea contains a stimulating tannin that makes it bitter if it has been brewed for too long. It has practically no food value except for the food value of the milk and the added sugar.

Rules for making tea: –

1. Earthenware or porcelain teapots are the best tea.

2. Use only freshly drawn water that has reached the boiling point.

3. Heat the kettle well by boiling it with boiling water.

4. Pour boiling water over the tea in a hot pot. If the water used is not at a boil point, the tea leaves will float in the tea.

5. Serve the tea as soon as it has been steeped long enough, or pour it into another hot kettle so it doesn’t sink too far.

Tea recipe

Ingredients: –

1 teaspoon per person + 1 teaspoon for the kettle

boiling water

Method: –

1. Fill the kettle with fresh tap water and bring it to a boil.

2. Heat the kettle by pouring boiling water into it. To keep the water away.

3. Measure the tea into the heated pot.

4. Take the kettle to the kettle and pour boiling water over the tea.

5. Cover the pot and allow the tea to steep for 4 to 5 minutes.

6. Serve the tea on a tray with the cold milk and sugar served separately.

Coffee is made from the roasted coffee beans that grow in many parts of South America, the West Indies, Africa, Java, and the volcanic islands of the Pacific. The quality of the coffee depends on the roasting of the beans and their freshness. Ground coffee does not keep well, loses its flavor and absorbs other flavors. It’s best to buy freshly roasted and ground coffee in small amounts and store it in airtight bottles. Coffee is more stimulating than tea, it contains stimulating caffeine and like tea and has no nutritional value in itself.

Rules for making coffee: –

1. Use the correct amount of freshly ground coffee.

2. Use freshly drawn water that has reached the boiling point.

3. Heat the carafe well before using it to make coffee.

4. Use boiling water to make coffee, but never boil the coffee.

5. Strain the coffee into a heated pot as soon as it has been brewed long enough.

6. Coffee should be served with milk. One-third to one-half cup of milk is added to coffee to make latte. It is better if the milk is warm. Cold milk will make the coffee too cold.

Coffee recipe

Ingredients: –

2 tablespoons of coffee powder

1 pint of boiling water

Method: –

1. Heat a jug, put the coffee powder and pour boiling water over it.

2. Stir the coffee, cover it well and let it infuse for 10 minutes in a warm place. The stove side will do.

3. Heat a coffee pot.

4. Stir the coffee again to set the grounds and strain into the heated coffee pot.

5. Serve the coffee on a tray with hot milk and sugar served separately.

Note: – Coffee made in a coffee pot or by the local drip method is very good.