Barley GRUEL

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status: success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

four ounces of pearl barley ↝ Barley, pearled, raw [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
two quarts of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
a stick of cinnamon ↝ Sugar, cinnamon [Sugars and honey]
a little more than a pint of red wine ↝ Wine, red [Wine]
sugar to your taste ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
two or three ounces of currants ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Instructions (3)

Boil four ounces of pearl barley in two quarts of water with a stick of cinnamon until it is reduced to one quart.
Add to it a little more than a pint of red wine and sugar to your taste.
Wash and pick two or three ounces of currants very clean.

Original Text

To make Barley GRUEL.
TAKE four ounces of pearl barley, boil it in
two quarts of water, with a stick of cinnamon in
it, till it is reduced to one quart, add to it a lit-
tle more than a pint of red wine, and sugar to
your taste, wash and pick two or three ounces of
currants very clean.

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