What exactly is an orange squash?

Question

I'm an American, and I hear Brits talk about it a lot, so what is an orange squash? Can you make it yourself? Anyone have a good recipe for it? Is it alcoholic?

Answer 1

its basically the British equivalent of koolaid but in liquid/syrup form and without the need to add additional sugar.

It comes in different flavours too and not just orange, anything from blackcurrant to lemon to tropical.

Answer 2

I dont know what it is but you can see and find the recipe at www.webindia123.com/cookery/squash/orange.htm

To prepare a good Orange Squash, keep these ingredients ready:
Lemon juice
Orange juice
Measure Converter
oz 28.3 ml
ml 0.03 oz These are the quantities for one person:
3 cl Lemon juice
10 cl Orange juice

You can then proceed to the blending instructions:

Put one ice cube in a large tumbler, add lemon juice and orange juice
Stir well
Serve sugar and cold water on the side, so the guest can modify the taste, and a drinking straw and a spoon

Answer 3

Squash (sometimes called cordial) is a concentrated, often fruit-based, syrup to which water is added. It is also the name of the resulting drink.

Squashes and cordials are common in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and have a large market share in competition with fruit juices and soft drinks. They are especially popular amongst toddlers and young children. Typically, squash is created by mixing one part syrup with four or five parts water (depending on concentration of the syrup and personal taste) directly into a glass or mug or into a jug. The most common flavours are orange, apple and blackcurrant, lemon, peppermint, mixed fruit, summer fruits, and lemon and lime. Other flavours include peach, strawberry, and kiwi fruit.

Answer 4

To make your own orange squash:
1 pound sugar
Juice and zest of 6 oranges
1 pint of water
1 ounce citric acid

Boil it all together until the sugar is dissolved then strain to remove the zest
Bottle it and store in a cool dry place.
To drink dilute with water to taste.

Answer 5

The orange squash that children in this country drink is sold in supermarkets. It comes in a bottle and you dilute it with water. It is very sweet and full of chemicals (colourants and artificial flavourings). Not really healthy for children.

Answer 6

Being from different families it is not possible your peppers and squash crossed. It is possible, however, to have gotten a package of seeds that was mislabeled from the distributor. It happens. I once was given a seed packet labeled as radishes which produced the most wonderful turnips I have ever eaten. Good luck and enjoy!

Answer 7

Dilute orange juice. Usually with many E numbers, colourants and preservatives.

Answer 8

Orange Squash
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Ingredients:
3 cl Lemon juice
10 cl Orange juice
Mixing instructions:
Put one ice cube in a large tumbler, add lemon juice and orange juice. Stir well. Serve sugar and cold water on the side, so the guest can modify the taste, and a drinking straw and a spoon.

Answer 9

Its orange juice that you dilute with water to taste. Cordial in yank.

Answer 10

It's simply a fruit drink that you dilute with water.

Basically fruit juice & sugar with preservatives etc