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A most pleasant Drink.
Put a tea-cupful of cranberries into a cup of water and mash them. In the mean
time boil two quarts of water with one large spoonful of oatmeal and a bit of
lemon-peel; then add the cranberries, and as much fine Lisbon sugar as shall
leave a smart flavour of the fruit; and a quarter of a pint of sherry, or less,
as may be proper; boil all for half an hour, and strain off.
Soft and fine Draught for those who are weak and have a Cough.
Beat a fresh laid egg, and mix it with a quarter of a pint of new milk warmed, a
large spoonful of capillaire, the same of rose-water, and a little nutmeg
scraped. Don't warm it after the egg is put in. Take it the first and last
thing.
Toast and Water.
Toast slowly a thin piece of bread till extremely brown and hard, but not the
least black; then plunge it into a jug of cold water, and cover it over an hour
before used. This is of particular use in weak bowels. It should be of a fine
brown colour before drinking it.
Barley Water.
Wash a handful of common barley, then simmer it gently in three pints of water
with a bit of lemon-peel.
This is less apt to nauseate than pearl-barley; but the other is a very pleasant
drink.
Another way.--Boil an ounce of pearl-barley a few minutes to cleanse, then put
on it a quart of water, simmer an hour; when half done, put into it a bit of
fresh lemon-peel, and one bit of sugar. If likely to be too thick, you may put
another quarter of a pint of water. Lemon-juice may be added if chosen.
Lemon-water, a delightful drink.
Put two slices of lemon thinly pared into a tea-pot, a little bit of the peel,
and a bit of sugar, or a large spoonful of capillaire; pour in a pint of boiling
water, and stop it close two hours.
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