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Tamarind Whey

From Mrs. Rorer's diet for the sick (1914).

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A historical recipe

Mrs. Rorer's diet for the sick, by S. T. Rorer (1914).

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 1 ingredient

  1. a pint of milk

Method

  1. Heat a pint of milk to i6o° Fahr.
  2. Stir in a tablespoonful of tamarind pulp that has been moistened in a little water;
  3. as soon as the curd separates, strain and stand aside to cool.
  4. This is exceedingly good in cases of fever or chronic constipation.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Wooden spoon
  • Sieve
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Credit

From Mrs. Rorer's diet for the sick (1914), printed page 256, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mrsrorersdietfor00rore

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.