White Caudle

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
Time
Cook: 15 min Total: 15 min
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
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Ingredients (7)
Instructions (8)
  1. Mix two quarts of water with four spoonfuls of oatmeal, a blade or two of mace, and a piece of lemon-peel.
  2. Boil the mixture, stirring often.
  3. Continue boiling for about a quarter of an hour, taking care it does not boil over.
  4. Strain the mixture through a coarse sieve.
  5. Sweeten to your palate.
  6. Grate in a little nutmeg.
  7. Add wine as desired.
  8. If not for a sick person, squeeze in the juice of a lemon.
Original Text
To make White Caudle. YOU muſt take two quarts of water, mix in four ſpoonfuls of oatmeal, a blade or two of mace, a piece of lemon-peel, let it boil, and keep ſtirring it often. Let it boil about a quarter of an hour, and take care it does not boil over; then ſtrain it through a courſe ſieve. When you like it, ſweeten it to your palate, grate in a little nutmeg, and what wine is proper; and if it is not for a ſick perſon, ſqueeze in the juice of a lemon.
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