Thick Barley-water.
- Ingredients—2 oz. of pearl barley.
- 1 quart of water.
- A little thin lemon peel.
- Sugar to taste.
Method.—Wash the barley, and put it into a saucepan With cold water.
Boil for ten minutes.
Then throw the water away, and wash the barley. This is to blanch it. If this were not done the barley water would have a dark-coloured, unpleasant appearance.
Put it into a saucepan, with the quart of water, and boil gently for two hours.
Sweeten to taste, and then strain it.