How to Make Barley-Water

The modern cook · Charles Elmé Francatelli · 1846
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (4)
  1. Mix one ounce of Robinson's Patent Barley with a wine-glassful of cold water.
  2. Pour this mixture into a stewpan containing nearly one quart of boiling water.
  3. Stir this over the fire while boiling for five minutes.
  4. Flavour with a small bit of lemon-peel or cinnamon and sweeten according to taste.
Original Text
HOW TO MAKE BARLEY-WATER. Take of Robinson's Patent Barley one ounce mixed with a wine- glassful of cold water, pour this into a stewpan containing nearly one quart of boiling water, stir this over the fire while boiling for five minutes; then flavour with a small bit of lemon-peel or cinna- mon and sweeten according to taste. Note.—When the above Patent Barley is used to make a summer beverage, only half an ounce must be taken.
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