washings. Boil the washed barley with
one and a half pint of boiled water✪ Barley-Water for
twenty minutes in a covered vessel.
Strain. Product —
Beautiful Barley-Water
I must add to this that if permitted
lemon juice is a great improvement, and
in cases of coughs, &c., sweetened with
glycerine it is very soothing.
Beef Tea
Cut into small pieces a quarter of a pound
of gravy beef without any fat.
Put it into a clean two pound jam pot,
and just cover the meat with water✪ Beef Tea.
Place a saucer or small plate over the top
to act as a lid, and put into a slow oven for
three or four hours.
Look at it occasionally to see that it is
only simmering ; if it boils, it will waste.
Should the oven be too hot, stand the pot
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in a soup plate full of cold water and renew
from time to time.
Do not put any salt, it can be added if
required.
It is a good plan to put the pot into the
oven at night and it will be cooked by the
morning.
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London <5r> Edinburgh
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Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
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washings. Boil the washed barley with
one and a half pint of boiled water for
twenty minutes in a covered vessel.
Strain. Product —
Beautiful Barley-Water
I must add to this that if permitted lemon juice is a great improvement, and in cases of coughs, &c., sweetened with glycerine it is very soothing.
Beef Tea
Cut into small pieces a quarter of a pound of gravy beef without any fat.
Put it into a clean two pound jam pot, and just cover the meat with water.
Place a saucer or small plate over the top to act as a lid, and put into a slow oven for three or four hours.
Look at it occasionally to see that it is only simmering ; if it boils, it will waste. Should the oven be too hot, stand the pot
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in a soup plate full of cold water and renew from time to time.
Do not put any salt, it can be added if required.
It is a good plan to put the pot into the oven at night and it will be cooked by the morning.
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co London & Edinburgh
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