Carragheen or Irish Pearl Moss

The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Til... · Lady Clark of Tillypronie · 1909

Source: The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie
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Ingredients (9)

1/2 oz. of the moss ↝ Barley, pearled, raw [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
1 qt. of new or unskimmed milk ↝ Soup, clam chowder, new england, canned, prepared with equal volume low fat (2%) milk [Soups, Sauces, and Gravies]
sugar, honey, or candied Eringo root ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
sugar, honey, or candied Eringo root ↝ Honey [Sweets]
sugar, honey, or candied Eringo root ↝ Burdock root, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
Water may be used instead of milk ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
lemon juice, cinnamon, or bitter almonds ↝ Lemon juice, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
lemon juice, cinnamon, or bitter almonds ↝ Sugar, cinnamon [Sugars and honey]
lemon juice, cinnamon, or bitter almonds ↝ Nuts, almonds, whole, raw [Nut and Seed Products]

Instructions (6)

Steep 1/2 oz. of the moss in cold water for a few minutes, then take it out, taking care to shake the water out of each sprig.
Boil in 1 qt. of new or unskimmed milk until it attains the consistency of warm jelly.
Strain it.
Sweeten to taste with sugar, honey, or candied Eringo root.
Water may be used instead of milk if the latter disagrees with the invalid.
Flavour with lemon juice, cinnamon, or bitter almonds at pleasure.

Original Text

Carragheen or Irish Pearl Moss.
Steep ½ oz. of the moss in cold water for a few minutes, then take it out, taking care to shake the water out of each sprig, and boil in 1 qt. of new or unskimmed milk untill it attains the consistency of warm jelly. Strain it, and sweeten to taste with sugar, honey, or candied Eringo root. Water may be used instead
of milk if the latter disagrees with the invalid. Flavour with lemon juice, cinnamon, or bitter almonds at pleasure.

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