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Linseed Tea

A historical recipe from The healthy life beverage book, by Knaggs, H. Valentine (Henry Valentine) (1911).

A historical recipe

The healthy life beverage book: A compilation, alphabetically arranged, of refreshing, curative, stimulating, and nutritive liquids, comprising fresh fruit and vegetable juices, vegetable broths, cereal drinks, unfired fruit soups, nut milks, plant teas, herbal decoctions, fruit syrups, gum water, &c., with critical notes on water, milk, casein, whey, beef tea, yeast extracts, vinegar, sugar, coffee, tea, cocoa, &c., also information respecting the nutritive and medicinal properties of all the products referred to, by Knaggs, H. Valentine (Henry Valentine) (1911). Project Gutenberg eBook #78781.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From The healthy life beverage book, by Knaggs, H. Valentine (Henry Valentine) (1911). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #78781 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78781). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. 1 oz.
  2. of linseed, ¼ oz.
  3. bruised liquorice root (or a piece of liquorice the size of a filbert nut), water 1 pint.
  4. Simmer slowly for from ½ to 4 hours, strain, cover up and serve as required.
  5. Alternative (2).
  6. 1 oz.
  7. whole linseed;
  8. juice of 1 lemon;
  9. 1 oz.
  10. honey;
  11. 1 pint of water.
  12. Wash seeds, put in cold water in saucepan, simmer 1 hour, add lemon juice and honey to taste, and strain.
  13. If too thick add hot water to dilute.
  14. Alternative (3).
  15. Whole seeds 1 oz.;
  16. 1 pint barley water;
  17. simmer 1 hour, let stand until cold, then add juice of two lemons and 1 oz.
  18. of honey or malt extract.
  19. If the seeds are eaten as well, this combination will be found a most efficient corrective of obstinate constipation.