Jelly (Invalids’)

Ingredients

• an ounce of sago
• an ounce of pearl barley
• an ounce of hartshorn shavings
• three pints of water

Method

1. 1

   Put the sago, pearl barley, and hartshorn shavings into three pints of water; simmer to one-third of the quantity, then strain.

2. 2

   When cold it will be a jelly, which can be given dissolved in milk, wine, or broth.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for the million (1891), page 118. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a pound of hartshorn shavings ; simmer down to half the quantity ; strain, and boil it with the rinds of two lemons and four oranges ; when cool, add the juice of the lemons and oranges, the whites of six eggs beaten to a froth and half a pound of sugar ; boil the jelly three or four times without Stirring, and strain through a jelly bag. JELLY (ICELAND MOSS). — Steep three-quarters of an ounce of Iceland moss in cold water for two hours ; then put it into a saucepan with a quart of water, and simmer it down to half a pint ; sweeten with sugar, and add a little lemon juice. This jelly relieves the hard breathing of oersons suffering from consumption, and afso allays the cough and tends to strengthen the system. JELLY (INVALIDS’). — Take an ounce each of sago, pearl barley and hartshorn shavings, and put them into three pints of water

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.