Beef-Tea Cold-Made

Ingredients

• a pound of good beef
• a pint of cold water
• fifteen drops of chlorohydric (muriatic) acid
• a pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Chop the beef finely and add cold water with chlorohydric acid and salt.

2. 2

   Let it stand for an hour, then drain off the liquid.

3. 3

   Pour another half-pint of cold water over the remaining beef and combine with the first quantity.

4. 4

   Strain through a coarse sieve and use cold.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book (1901) by Johnson, Alice A.,, page 207. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a pound of good beef. Add to it a pint of * To show that fluid food may suffice even for a length of time, I have just read an account of a man who died at the age of eighty-five years, who, when seven years old, swallowed by mistake some strong lye, the effect of which was to contract his oesophagus (lower gullet) so much, that he never afterwards could swallow solid food. cold water, in which have been put fifteen drops of chlorohydric (muriatic) acid, and a pinch of salt. I^et it stand an hour, and then drain off the liquid. Pour another half-pint of cold water

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