To Drink Barley Water

barley water
(from The Kentucky Housewife, by Lettice Bryan, 1839)

Ingredients:

1/4 lb. common or pearl barley​

2 quarts of water​

liquorice​

loaf sugar​

Instructions:

Take a quarter of a pound of common or pearl barley, and wash it clean. Put it in a sauce-pan, with two quarts of water, and boil it soft, or till the liquid is reduced to one-half; then strain it, dissolve in it while hot, enough liquorice to give it a strong flavor, and sweeten it to your taste with loaf sugar.​

 

[nitrofd]

Barley Water

Take a quarter of a pound of common or pearl barley, and wash it clean. Put it in a sauce-pan, with two quarts of water, and boil it soft, or till the liquid is reduced to one-half; then strain it, dissolve in it while hot, enough liquorice to give it a strong flavor, and sweeten it to your taste with loaf sugar.

This is a bit strange,how old is the recipe.

 

[donna]

The Barley Water recipe is from "The Kentucky Housewife" first published in 1839.

 

[nitrofd]

The Barley Water recipe is from "The Kentucky Housewife" first published in 1839.

It does appear to be antiquated and I do not think it would be popular today except made with the health food people.