Barley Water (No. 565)

The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's ... · Kitchiner, William · 1817
Source
The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (7)
for enhanced barley water
Instructions (10)
Simple Barley Water
  1. Wash pearl barley clean with cold water.
  2. Put the washed barley into half a pint of boiling water and let it boil for five minutes.
  3. Pour off this initial boiling water.
  4. Add two quarts of fresh boiling water to the barley.
  5. Boil until the mixture is reduced to two pints.
  6. Strain the liquid.
Enhanced Barley Water
  1. To one quart of the simple barley water, add two ounces of sliced figs, two ounces of stoned raisins, and half an ounce of sliced and bruised liquorice.
  2. Add one pint of water.
  3. Boil the mixture until it is reduced to one quart.
  4. Strain the liquid.
Original Text
Barley Water.350-*—(No. 565.) Take a couple of ounces of pearl barley, wash it clean with cold water, put it into half a pint of boiling water, and let it boil for five minutes; pour off this water, and add to it two quarts of boiling water: boil it to two pints, and strain it. The above is simple barley water. To a quart of this is frequently added Two ounces of figs, sliced; The same of raisins, stoned; Half an ounce of liquorice, sliced and bruised; And a pint of water. Boil it till it is reduced to a quart, and strain. Obs.—These drinks are intended to assuage thirst in ardent[351] fevers and inflammatory disorders, for which plenty of mild diluting liquor is one of the principal remedies: and if not suggested by the medical attendant, is frequently demanded by honest instinct, in terms too plain to be misunderstood: the stomach sympathizes with every fibre of the human frame, and no part of it can be distressed without in some degree offending the stomach: therefore it is of the utmost importance to sooth this grand organ, by rendering every thing we offer to it as elegant and agreeable as the nature of the case will admit of: the barley drink prepared according to the second receipt, will be received with pleasure by the most delicate palate.
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