A pretty thing for a weak stomach

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

Source: The Art Of Cookery
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (4)

a quart of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
as much dry crust of bread cut to pieces as the top of a penny-loaf, the drier the better ↝ Bread, stuffing, dry mix [Baked Products]
a bit of butter as big as a walnut ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
a very little salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]

Instructions (5)

Take a quart of water, set it on the fire in a clean sauce-pan.
Add as much dry crust of bread cut to pieces as the top of a penny-loaf, the drier the better, and a bit of butter as big as a walnut.
Let it boil.
Beat it with a spoon, and keep boiling it till the bread and water is well mixed.
Season it with a very little salt.

Original Text

TAKE a quart of water, set it on the fire in a clean sauce-pan, and as much dry crust of bread cut to pieces as the top of a penny-loaf, the drier the better, a bit of butter as big as a walnut; let it boil, then beat it with a spoon, and keep boiling it till the bread and water is well mixed; then season it with a very little salt, and it is a pretty thing for a weak stomach.

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