Gum And Milk Gruel
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United States
Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 6 ingredients
- Sugar
- a tablespoonful of port wine
- one ounce of finely-powdered white gum Arabic
- a half pint of cold water
- Milk
- Honey
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- Put one ounce of finely-powdered white gum Arabic in a half pint of cold water, soak for two hours, add a pint of new milki three lumps of loaf sugar or a large tablespoonful of honey, and stir over the fire until the gum is dissolved.
- Strain, and when cool add a tablespoonful of port wine, if admissible.
- This is exceedingly good in cases of throat trouble, and with an additional pint of milk is frequently used in cases of tuberculosis.
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