Slice a large, tart, cooking apple without peeling
it, also a little lemon rind. Put all in a pan with
6 lumps of sugar and i^-pints of cold water✪ Apple Wine. Let it
come slowly to nearly boiling point ; draw it back
from the fire and simmer slowly for a quarter-of-an-
liour. Strain into a jug.
Useful during fevers, and as a summer drink.
2. Barley Water for Invalids.
Take of Robinson’s Patent Barley one ounce, mix
with a wine-glassful of cold water into a smooth paste
free from lumps, pour this into a stew-pan containing
one quart of boiling water✪ Barley Water for Invalids, stir this over the fire while
boiling for five minutes: then flavour with a small bit
of lemon peel or cinnamon, and sweeten according to
taste.
When Robinson’s Patent Barlej' is used to make a
Summer beverage, only half-an-ounce must be taken.
It can be greatly improved by aeration with the aid
of “ Sbarkleis.”
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3. Gingerbeer.
Put into a deep bowl i -lb. lump sugar, ij-oz. bruised
ginger, i lemon, sliced and the pips taken out, and
t-oz. cream of tartar. Pour i gallon of boiling water
over✪ Gingerbeer. When milk-warm, take a whisk, aud beat in
vigorously '-pint Brewer’s yeast, or i-oz. German )’east
mixed to a liquid with powdered sugar. Whisk well,
cover with a cloth, let it stand 15 hours, skim, strain
trough a piece of old tablecloth (or do not strain),
aud bottle, only half filling the bottles.
4. Ginger Wine.
i-oz. Tartaric acid, 5-drms. or 6d. worth (or more)
essence of ginger, 2-drms. capsicum, r-oz. burnt sugar,
2-lbs. lump sugar, 5-qts. boiling water.
Dissolve the sugar in the boiling water, when nearly
cold add the other things (which should have been
mixed together in a jar), and stir often until cold.
Bottle and cork.
5. Lemon Squash.
Juice and rind of 3 lemons, 3-lbs. lump sugar, i-quari
water. Boil till it forms a clear syrup, and when cold
add 2-oz. powdered citric acid. Strain and bottle.
0. Lemon water.
6 lemons. i-lb. lump sugar.
1 gallon of boiling water.
Take the pips from the lemons, slice, put in a deep
bowl, and pour the water over. When cold, it is ready
for use.
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iX. ADDITIONAL USEFUL
RECIPES.
i. To bottle Green Gooseberries.
( Vet y Good).
Make the bottles hot and dry in the oven, then fill
with picked fruit, not too full. Pour boiling water
over, covering the berries to the top of the bottle.
Cork down as soon as possible, and keep in a cool
dry place. Any other fruit can be done the same way.
2. Gooseberry Jelly.
J-stone green gooseberries. 2-quarts water.
Boil together to pulp, tie in a coarse cloth and let it
drip all night, then add i-ib sugar to each pint of
juice. Boil gently f-hour, and pour into pots.
3. Apple Jelly.
Rub the apples, and cut them up without paring or
coring them. Put in a pan and fill with water. Boil 1
hour. Put in a bag and strain. Allow J-lbs. sugar to 1
pint of juice, and boil 1 hour. Put a little into a
saucer, and if it jellies it is done. Pour into pots.
4. Cough Mixture.
id. licorice. id. anise seed,
id. peppermint. id. common treacle,
id. laudanum.
Mix with i^-pints of cold water and bottle.
5. Pork Pie Pastry. ✪ Pork Pie Pastry
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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Slice a large, tart, cooking apple without peeling it, also a little lemon rind. Put all in a pan with 6 lumps of sugar and i^-pints of cold water. Let it come slowly to nearly boiling point ; draw it back from the fire and simmer slowly for a quarter-of-an-hour. Strain into a jug.
Useful during fevers, and as a summer drink.
2. Barley Water for Invalids.
Take of Robinson’s Patent Barley one ounce, mix with a wine-glassful of cold water into a smooth paste free from lumps, pour this into a stew-pan containing one quart of boiling water, stir this over the fire while boiling for five minutes: then flavour with a small bit of lemon peel or cinnamon, and sweeten according to taste.
When Robinson's Patent Barley is used to make a Summer beverage, only half-an-ounce must be taken. It can be greatly improved by aeration with the aid of “ Sbarkleis.”
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3. Gingerbeer.
Put into a deep bowl i -lb. lump sugar, ij-oz. bruised ginger, i lemon, sliced and the pips taken out, and t-oz. cream of tartar. Pour i gallon of boiling water over. When milk-warm, take a whisk, aud beat in vigorously 1-pint Brewer's yeast, or i-oz. German )’east mixed to a liquid with powdered sugar. Whisk well, cover with a cloth, let it stand 15 hours, skim, strain through a piece of old tablecloth (or do not strain), aud bottle, only half filling the bottles.
4. Ginger Wine.
i-oz. Tartaric acid, 5-drms. or 6d. worth (or more) essence of ginger, 2-drms. capsicum, r-oz. burnt sugar, 2-lbs. lump sugar, 5-qts. boiling water.
Dissolve the sugar in the boiling water, when nearly cold add the other things (which should have been mixed together in a jar), and stir often until cold. Bottle and cork.
5. Lemon Squash.
Juice and rind of 3 lemons, 3-lbs. lump sugar, i-quari water. Boil till it forms a clear syrup, and when cold add 2-oz. powdered citric acid. Strain and bottle.
0. Lemon water.
6 lemons. i-lb. lump sugar.
1 gallon of boiling water.
Take the pips from the lemons, slice, put in a deep bowl, and pour the water over. When cold, it is ready for use.
iX. ADDITIONAL USEFUL RECIPES.
i. To bottle Green Gooseberries.
( Vet y Good).
Make the bottles hot and dry in the oven, then fill with picked fruit, not too full. Pour boiling water over, covering the berries to the top of the bottle. Cork down as soon as possible, and keep in a cool dry place. Any other fruit can be done the same way.
2. Gooseberry Jelly.
J-stone green gooseberries. 2-quarts water.
Boil together to pulp, tie in a coarse cloth and let it drip all night, then add i-ib sugar to each pint of juice. Boil gently f-hour, and pour into pots.
3. Apple Jelly.
Rub the apples, and cut them up without paring or coring them. Put in a pan and fill with water. Boil 1 hour. Put in a bag and strain. Allow J-lbs. sugar to 1 pint of juice, and boil 1 hour. Put a little into a saucer, and if it jellies it is done. Pour into pots.
4. Cough Mixture.
id. licorice. id. anise seed,
id. peppermint. id. common treacle,
id. laudanum.
Mix with i^-pints of cold water and bottle.
5. Pork Pie Pastry.
Records on this page
Apple WineBarley Water for InvalidsGingerbeerPork Pie Pastry