Caudle for the Sick and Lying in

New system of domestic cookery, forme... · Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby · 1806

Source: New system of domestic cookery, formed upon principles of economy, and adapted to the use of private families
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

Caudle base

three quarts of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
oatmeal as will thicken the whole ↝ Oatmeal, NFS [Oatmeal]
a pint of cold water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
twenty Jamaica peppers in fine powder
sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
half a pint of well fermented table beer
a glass of gin ↝ Gin [Liquor and cocktails]

Serving suggestion

broth ↝ Soup, broth [Soups, broth-based]

Instructions (7)

Set three quarts of water on the fire.
Mix smooth as much oatmeal as will thicken the whole with a pint of cold water.
When boiling, pour the latter in, and twenty Jamaica peppers in fine powder.
Boil to a good middling thickness.
Then add sugar, half a pint of well fermented table beer, and a glass of gin.
Boil all.

Serving suggestion

Serve this mess twice, and once or twice of broth.

Original Text

Caudle for the Sick and Lying in.

Set three quarts of water on the fire, mix smooth as much oatmeal as will thicken the whole with a pint of cold water; when boiling, pour the latter in, and twenty Jamaica peppers in fine powder; boil to a good middling thickness, then add sugar, half a pint of well fermented table beer, and a glass of gin. Boil all.

This mess twice, and once or twice of broth, will be of incalculable service.

There is not a better occasion for charitable commiseration than when a person is sick. A bit of meat or pudding sent unexpectedly has often been the means of recalling long lost appetite.

Nor are the indigent alone the grateful receivers; for in the highest houses a real good sick-cook is rarely met with; and many who possess all the goods of fortune, have attributed the first return of health to some kitchen physic.

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