Barley-water
From Diet in illness and convalescence (1899).
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A historical recipe
Diet in illness and convalescence, by Alice Worthington Winthrop (1899).
United States
Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.
Ingredients 2 ingredients
Method
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- Add to a pint of boiling water half a table-spoonful (half an ounce) of Robinson's patent barley, or the Health Food barley, rubbed smooth, with two tablespoonfuls of cold water;
- add also a pinch of salt and a table-spoonful of sugar.
- Let it boil five minutes.
- It is to be drunk cold.
- Zest — i.e., the yellow rind of a lemon cut thin, or rubbed with lump-sugar to extract its oil — may be added as a flavoring;
- or lemonade may be made with barley-water.
- Barley-water may be used temporarily instead of milk when the latter disagrees with the patient.
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