Lemon Posset. — ( Family Recipe.) — Put a good handful of
dried breadcrumbs into a quart of water, simmer it to a pint,
with a strip of lemon-peel boiled in it. Add the juice of a lemon,
four eggs, and a gill of sherry✪ Lemon Posset. Stir well, add the eggs off the
fire. Then warm the Posset up, and sweeten it a little.
White Wine Whey. — Boil half a pint of milk, add a lump
of sugar, and a wineglassful of sherry✪ White Wine Whey. Boil all up together,
strain, and send the Whey up, to be taken hot in bed.
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SOOTHING DRINKS FOR A COLD.
Linseed Tea. — ( Family Recipe.) — Take a teacupful of
linseed and two ounces of liquorice root. Pour over this three
pints of boiling water, and simmer for one hour and a half. Or,
put four tablespoonfuls of linseed, four lumps of sugar, and the
rind and juice of one lemon✪ Linseed Tea, into a quart of boiling water. Let
it stand for half an hour, strain, and serve cold in a jug.
(Linseed, which is flax seed, is most soothing in a severe cold or
hoarseness.)
Barley Water with Honey. — Put two teacupfuls of well-
washed pearl barley into a large jug, with the juice and rind of
one lemon, and one tablespoonful of honey. Pour a quart of
boiling water✪ Barley Water with Honey upon it, let it stand for half an hour, strain off the
liquid, and serve. For Leek Milk see page 346.
REFRESHING DRINKS.
For Lemonade, Orangeade, Raspberry Vinegar, Clear Barley
Water, and Toast and Water, see Chapter XIV.
Lemon Drink. — Slice a lemon, take out the seeds, and
pour a pint of boiling water over the slices. When quite cold,
strain it, and add a very little sifted sugar✪ Lemon Drink.
Orange and Lemon Drink. — Cut up two oranges and
one lemon, put the slices into a jug with one ounce of sugar
candy. Pour into the jug a quart of boiling water✪ Orange and Lemon Drink, and stir
occasionally. When quite cold serve without straining. The
orange and lemon pips must be taken out. Drink a little of the
liquid at a time.
Tamarind Whey. — Boil two ounces of tamarinds in two
pints of milk✪ Tamarind Whey. When the tamarinds are dissolved, strain and
serve cold.
Apple Water. — Cut three large apples into slices, but do
not remove either peel, core, or pips. Pour a quart of boiling
water on the apples, cover the jug, and let it stand till quite cold.
Strain, add a squeeze of lemon, and a very little sugar. Or boil
the sliced apples with a strip of lemon-peel✪ Apple Water for one hour. Boil
very gently, and then cover the jug till the liquid is quite cold.
Strain, and add a very little powdered sugar.
LEMON WHEY
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Lemon Whey. — Boil together a pint of milk and a pint of
water, then add the juice of two lemons, and let it simmer five
minutes. Put in a lump or two of sugar✪ Lemon Whey well rubbed on the
rinds of the lemons. Strain the Whey. It is generally liked
warm.
CORDIALS.
Port Wine Cordial. — Wash four ounces of pearl barley, put
it with a strip of lemon-peel into two quarts of water, and boil
slowly till it is reduced to one quart. Strain it, put it back in
the saucepan, add three-quarters of a pint of port wine, and a
little sugar✪ Port Wine Cordial. Make it quite hot, and give a teacupful several
times a day.
Egg Cordial. — ( Countess Munster.) — Take a tablespoonful of
cream, the white of a very fresh egg, and a tablespoonful of
brandy✪ Egg Cordial. Whip the egg nearly to a froth, then whip the cream
with the egg. Add the brandy by degrees, and mix well. Do
not let it stand after it is made. This Cordial is very light and
nourishing.
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Lemon Posset. — ( Family Recipe.) — Put a good handful of dried breadcrumbs into a quart of water, simmer it to a pint, with a strip of lemon-peel boiled in it. Add the juice of a lemon, four eggs, and a gill of sherry. Stir well, add the eggs off the fire. Then warm the Posset up, and sweeten it a little.
White Wine Whey. — Boil half a pint of milk, add a lump of sugar, and a wineglassful of sherry. Boil all up together, strain, and send the Whey up, to be taken hot in bed.
SOOTHING DRINKS FOR A COLD.
Linseed Tea. — ( Family Recipe.) — Take a teacupful of linseed and two ounces of liquorice root. Pour over this three pints of boiling water, and simmer for one hour and a half. Or, put four tablespoonfuls of linseed, four lumps of sugar, and the rind and juice of one lemon, into a quart of boiling water. Let it stand for half an hour, strain, and serve cold in a jug. (Linseed, which is flax seed, is most soothing in a severe cold or hoarseness.)
Barley Water with Honey. — Put two teacupfuls of wellwashed pearl barley into a large jug, with the juice and rind of one lemon, and one tablespoonful of honey. Pour a quart of boiling water upon it, let it stand for half an hour, strain off the liquid, and serve. For Leek Milk see page 346.
REFRESHING DRINKS.
For Lemonade, Orangeade, Raspberry Vinegar, Clear Barley Water, and Toast and Water, see Chapter XIV.
Lemon Drink. — Slice a lemon, take out the seeds, and pour a pint of boiling water over the slices. When quite cold, strain it, and add a very little sifted sugar.
Orange and Lemon Drink. — Cut up two oranges and one lemon, put the slices into a jug with one ounce of sugar candy. Pour into the jug a quart of boiling water, and stir occasionally. When quite cold serve without straining. The orange and lemon pips must be taken out. Drink a little of the liquid at a time.
Tamarind Whey. — Boil two ounces of tamarinds in two pints of milk. When the tamarinds are dissolved, strain and serve cold.
Apple Water. — Cut three large apples into slices, but do not remove either peel, core, or pips. Pour a quart of boiling water on the apples, cover the jug, and let it stand till quite cold. Strain, add a squeeze of lemon, and a very little sugar. Or boil the sliced apples with a strip of lemon-peel for one hour. Boil very gently, and then cover the jug till the liquid is quite cold. Strain, and add a very little powdered sugar.
LEMON WHEY
Lemon Whey. — Boil together a pint of milk and a pint of water, then add the juice of two lemons, and let it simmer five minutes. Put in a lump or two of sugar well rubbed on the rinds of the lemons. Strain the Whey. It is generally liked warm.
CORDIALS.
Port Wine Cordial. — Wash four ounces of pearl barley, put it with a strip of lemon-peel into two quarts of water, and boil slowly till it is reduced to one quart. Strain it, put it back in the saucepan, add three-quarters of a pint of port wine, and a little sugar. Make it quite hot, and give a teacupful several times a day.
Egg Cordial. — ( Countess Munster.) — Take a tablespoonful of cream, the white of a very fresh egg, and a tablespoonful of brandy. Whip the egg nearly to a froth, then whip the cream with the egg. Add the brandy by degrees, and mix well. Do not let it stand after it is made. This Cordial is very light and nourishing.
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