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Barley Water.

A classic dish, straight from an open, credited source.

Care Of The Sick.

contains gluten

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →
  • 1/2 gill of barley
  • 1-1/2 pints of water
  • 1/4 teaspoonful of salt

Steps

  1. Wash the barley, and put it on the fire in a stewpan, with one pint of cold water. Cook for one hour. Pour off the water and rinse the barley. Add the pint and a half of cold water, and cook for two hours longer. Season with the salt, and strain. If lemon be good for the patient, add a tablespoonful of juice to the strained liquid, and sweeten with two lumps of sugar.

Source

Miss Parloa's Young Housekeeper Designed Especially to Aid Beginners; Economical Receipts for Those Who Are Cooking for Two or Three (Parloa, Maria, 1843-1909, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States