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Good for a Hot Day

From A practical cook and text book for general use, 1896

This quenches thirst better than clear water and is less harmful than ice water.

Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from A practical cook and text book for general use (1896) by Ellen Goodell Smith, page 49. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Good for a Hot Day. The thirst that 'demands drink almost constantly, can be better and more safely quenched by taking two heaping table-spoonfuls of fine oat meal to a quart of water

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