Toast Water

Ingredients

• Toast a slice of bread evenly to a nice brown
• 1 pint boiling water

Method

1. 1

   Toast a slice of bread evenly to a nice brown, avoiding the least appearance of dark colour.

2. 2

   Put into a jug, pour 1 pint boiling water over, cover closely till cold, then strain and use.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Liverpool School of Cookery recipe book (1900) by E. E. Mann, page 43. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Toast a slice of bread evenly to a nice brown, avoiding the least appearance of dark colour. Put into a jug, pour 1 pint boiling water over, cover closely till cold, then strain and use. Method 2 : Pour cold water over the toast, cover the jug, and, when the water is coloured like sherry, strain. Toast water made in this way will be found clearer than that made by the first method. Method : Wash the rice well in cold water and strain off. Boil with 1 pint water for 1 hour. Strain and flavour Toast Water. Rice Water. 1 oz. Carolina rice. 1 pint water. Flavouring. INVALID COOKERY. 107 with lemon rind, or any spice liked. Useful in cases of dysentery and diarrhoea. Barley Water. 1^ oz. barley. j Strip of lemon rind. 1 pint water. ! Juice of half a lemon. Method : Wash the barley, put it in a saucepan with the water and lemon rind. Boil slowly half an hour. Strain, and add the lemon juice. Sweeten to taste. Linseed Tea. h oz. linseed. | £ oz. sugar-candy. 1 pint water. j Small piece of liquorice. Method : Wash the linseed, put into a saucepan with the cold water, and simmer ^ hour, adding the liquorice and sugar-candy. Strain before using. Lemonade. 1 lemon. | 1 pint boiling water

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