90. A very Strengthening Drink

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Instructions (4)
  1. Put a teacupful of pearl-barley into a saucepan, with three pints of cold water, the rind of a lemon and a small piece of cinnamon.
  2. Boil the whole very gently until the barley becomes tender.
  3. Strain it through a fine sieve.
  4. Sweeten with a spoonful of treacle: if treacle should be objectionable, honey or sugar will do.
Original Text
90. A very Strengthening Drink.—Put a teacupful of pearl-barley into a saucepan, with three pints of cold water, the rind of a lemon and a small piece of cinnamon; boil the whole very gently until the barley becomes tender, when strain it through a fine sieve, and sweeten with a spoonful of treacle: if treacle should be objectionable, honey or sugar will do.
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