barley water
(from The Kentucky Housewife, by Lettice Bryan, 1839)
Ingredients:
Instructions:
(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.
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