3/4 cup sugar
Juice 3 lemons
1 cup of water
4 sprigs of mints
1 pint ginger ale
(and any other flavorings desired)

Boil sugar and water ten minutes, and cool; add strained lemon juice, mint leaves bruised, and ginger ale; half fill glasses with crushed ice, and julep, and garnish with a sprig of mint.

Submitted by: Aunt Caroline