Cocktail Boothby's American Bar-Tender by Wm. T. Boothby (1891, p.33)
| 2 lime | lime juice — juice of two limes | acid |
| 1 tablespoonful | sugar | base |
| water — Used to fill before shaking. | dilution | |
| 1 white | egg white — white of an egg | other |
- Shake the ingredients thoroughly with cracked ice and water.
- Strain into a cut goblet, decorate, and serve with straws.
Garnish: Decorated top
This is a good reminder that serious temperance-style drinks borrowed egg-white texture and full shaker technique from the alcoholic side of the bar.
The drink is shaken like a fizz or sour rather than merely stirred like a household lemonade.