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Digested Milk

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. A pint of milk
  2. Soda
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Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. A pint of milk or of well-boiled gruel is to be added while boiling to an equal quantity of cold milk.
  2. This gives the temperature for artificial digestion.
  3. Add first thirty grains of carbonate of soda.
  4. Then ii teaspoonsful of Liq.
  5. Pancreaticus.
  6. — (Benson.) The whole to stand for three hours maintained at the same temperature ;
  7. finally boil well.
  8. Drink a large wine-glass at a time.
  9. This preparation will not keep longer than twentyfour to thirty hours, but when koumiss is not obtainable digested milk is a substitute.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan