Barley Water Drink

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

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

Ingredients (5)

a gallon of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
half a pound of pearl barley ↝ Barley, pearled, raw [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
a quarter of a pound of figs split ↝ Figs, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
a pennyworth of liquorice sliced to pieces
a quarter of a pound of raisins of the sun stoned

Instructions (2)

Take a gallon of water, and half a pound of pearl barley, boil it with a quarter of a pound of figs split, a pennyworth of liquorice sliced to pieces, a quarter of a pound of raisins of the sun stoned.
Boil all together till half is wasted, then strain it off.

Original Text

TAKE a gallon of water, and half a pound of pearl barley, boil it with a quarter of a pound of figs split, a pennyworth of liquorice sliced to pieces, a quarter of a pound of raisins of the sun stoned; boil all together till half is wasted, then strain it off. This is ordered in the measles, and several other disorders, for a drink.

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