A drink is any drink, whether hot or cold, that quenches thirst, refreshes, or stimulates. The body requires fluids to help regulate bodily processes and maintain good health. The body loses a large amount of water through perspiration and must be replenished.
There are three main classes of drinks:-
1. Refreshing drinks. These are thirst quenching and include all fruit juices, cordials, and sparkling water. All soft drinks contain carbohydrates in the form of sugar, while those made from 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 nutrition to the body in the form of vitamins, mineral salts, proteins, fats and carbohydrates.
3. Stimulating drinks. These contain very little food value, except for a small amount of carbohydrate in the form of sugar, if sugar has been added to them. These include tea and coffee that contain stimulating substances that young children should not take in excess.
Refreshing drinks:-
Orangeade or lemonade recipe
Ingredients:-
2 oranges or 4 limes
3 spoonfuls of sugar
¼ liter of boiling water
Method:-
1. Wash and dry the fruit.
2. Grate the rind into a bowl. (Do not include the white marrow.)
3. Add sugar to the crust and pour boiling water over it.
4. Cover the syrup and let it infuse for about 15 minutes.
5. Cut each fruit in half crosswise. 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 up to 2 pints.
7. Chill the drink in the refrigerator.
8. Add a few ice cubes and carefully place the fruit slice over the rim of the pitcher before serving.
9. Serve the drink by placing the carafe on a plate to catch the drips and place the clean carafe and glasses on a clean and tidy tray.
Pineapple Crush Recipe
Ingredients:-
1 small pineapple
1 file
2 sprigs of mint leaves
3 spoonfuls of sugar
¼ liter of boiling water
Method:-
1. Put the sugar in a bowl, to boil water on top until making a syrup.
2. Peel and grate the pineapple and squeeze the juice into a bowl.
3. Squeeze the lemon 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 drink suggestions, cucumber lime drink, and watermelon drink.
Nutritious drinks: –
Milk is one of the most important foods for everyone, especially the little ones, 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, which is necessary to build 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 widely used is cow’s milk, although milk from other animals is also used, such as goat milk and buffalo milk.
Cow’s milk can be purchased as;-
1. Fresh milk.
2. Condensed milk: Part of the water in the milk was evaporated, sugar was added, and then the milk was canned.
3. Evaporated milk: Some of the water in the milk has evaporated before the milk is packaged.
4. Powdered Milk: All the water in the milk has evaporated, leaving only the solids in powdered form.
Clean milk can only be obtained from clean and healthy cows, raised in a clean and well-kept environment and milked in 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 cause milk to sour.
Sometimes milk contains germs that spread disease. These disease germs can get into the milk from the cow’s body, from flies, dirty utensils, dirty hands, and dust in the air. For this reason it is very important that the milk is always kept very clean and covered at all times.
To preserve milk:-
1. Scald all fresh milk to kill germs. To scald milk, quickly bring it to a boil, boil for three minutes, then quickly cool. Blanching will keep the milk better.
2. Keep the skimmed milk in clean containers, cover it with a clean muslin and keep it in a cool place, either in the fridge or in a clay pot 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 of powdered milk
1 pint of water
1. Measure the water into a mixing container.
2. Sprinkle powdered milk over the water.
3. Beat with a rotary beater or a fork until the milk is free of lumps.
Vanilla Milkshake Recipe
Ingredients:-
1 glass of very cold milk
2 heaped 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: – Different shakes can be made using different flavorings. A scoop of ice cream will greatly enhance the shake.
Stimulating drinks:-
Cocoa is not only a stimulating drink but also a nutritious drink. It contains starch and fat and when made with milk and sugar it contains a lot of nutritional value. Cocoa is made from cocoa beans, the seeds of 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. Next, the cocoa fat called cocoa butter is removed, after which the cocoa is further ground and sieved 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 whipped cocoa and stir.
4. Rinse the saucepan and return the cocoa to the pan to bring it to a boil again.
5. Boil the cocoa for 3 minutes, pour into a heated jug and serve with sugar on the side.
Tea is made from the dried young shoots or leaves of the tea bush which grows very well on the hillsides of India and Ceylon, Malaya, China and Japan.
There are two types of tea:-
1. Green tea or Chinese tea is made from unfermented leaves, which is drunk very weak and without sugar.
2. Ceylon tea is made from fermented leaves, which is usually served in the afternoon with or without milk and sugar. The recipe given is for making this type of tea.
The best quality tea has only the buds of the bush which are tightly curled when dried and contain no stem, flowers or dust. The 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 sugar that has been added to it.
Rules for making tea:-
1. Earthenware or porcelain teapots make the best tea.
2. Only use freshly drawn water that has reached the boiling point.
3. Heat the kettle well by boiling it with boiling water.
4. To boil water over tea in a hot pot. If the water used is not at the boiling point, the tea leaves will float in the tea.
5. Serve the tea as soon as it has steeped long enough, or pour it into another hot teapot so you don’t overdo it.
tea recipe
Ingredients:-
1 teaspoon of tea per person + 1 teaspoon of tea 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 hot pot.
4. Take the teapot to the kettle and pour boiling water over the tea.
5. Cover the teapot and allow the tea to infuse 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 its freshness. Ground coffee does not keep well as it loses its flavor and absorbs other flavors. It is best to buy freshly roasted and ground coffee in small quantities and store it in airtight bottles. Coffee is more stimulating than tea, it contains stimulating caffeine and is 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. Warm the carafe well before using it to make coffee.
4. Use boiling water to make coffee, but never boil coffee.
5. Strain the coffee into a hot pot as soon as it has steeped long enough.
6. Coffee must be served with milk. One-third to one-half cup of milk is added to the coffee to make latte. The best thing is that the milk is hot. 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 in it and pour boiling water over it.
2. Stir the coffee, cover tightly and allow to infuse for 10 minutes in a warm place. The stove side will do.
3. Heat a coffee pot.
4. Stir the coffee again to settle the grounds and strain into the hot pot.
5. Serve the coffee on a tray with the hot milk and sugar served separately.
Note:- Coffee made in a percolator or by the local drip method is very good.
