Boil one ounce of very lean veal, fifteen minutes in a little butter.
Then add half a pint of water.
Set it over a very slow fire, with a spoonful of barley and a piece of gum arabic about the size of a nut.
Original Text
Broth for the Sick. No. 1.
Boil one ounce of very lean veal, fifteen minutes in a little butter, and then add half a pint of water; set it over a very slow fire, with a spoonful of barley and a piece of gum arabic about the size of a nut.