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Wine 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 Sarah Tyson Heston 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 2 ingredients

  1. one pint of milk
  2. four tablespoonfuls of sherry

Method

  1. Put one pint of milk into a saucepan ;
  2. heat gently to 160° Fahr., add four tablespoonfuls of sherry, strain through two thicknesses of cheesecloth and it is ready for use.
  3. A quart of this may be made early in the day and kept in a cold place, and used as needed.
  4. The recipe is for a single feeding.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Sieve
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Credit

From Mrs. Rorer's diet for the sick (1914), printed page 255, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/mrsrorersdietfor00roreiala

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.