Sago for Invalids
From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892
Serves 1
Time to boil is about three-quarters of an hour.
Presented as published in 1892. 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 Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1635. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Sago for Invalids. — Soak a table-spoon- ful of sago for an hour. Rinse it, and boil it gently till clear with a pint of water or milk and water. A little thin lemon-rind, grated nut- meg, cinnamon, or any other fiavouring, may be boiled with it, or the sago may be merely sweetened and served with a table-spoonful of wine or brandy stirred into it at the last moment. If the siigo is too thick, a little more water may be added. Time, about three- quarters of an hour to boil the sago. Sufiicient for one person. Probable cost, 2d., exclusive of the wine, &c. Sago Gruel. — Take two table-spoonfuls of sago
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