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BARLEY GRUEL
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BARLEY GRUEL

5 ingredients 4 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

37
Calories
0g
Protein
0g
Fat
5g
Carbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Port Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pint of port wine
  • 1 quart
  • 1/2 pint of water
  • 1-1/2 pint of gruel
  • 1 lemon

Directions

1

1856. INGREDIENTS.--2 oz. of Scotch or pearl barley, 1/2 pint of port wine, the rind of 1 lemon, 1 quart and 1/2 pint of water, sugar to taste.

2

_Mode_.--After well washing the barley, boil it in 1/2 pint of water for 1/4 hour; then pour this water away; put to the barley the quart of fresh boiling water, and let it boil until the liquid is reduced to half; then strain it off. Add the wine, sugar, and lemon-peel; simmer for 5 minutes, and put it away in a clean jug. It can be warmed from time to time, as required.

3

_Time_.--To be boiled until reduced to half. _Average cost_, 1s. 6d.

4

_Sufficient_ with the wine to make 1-1/2 pint of gruel.

By Isabella Beeton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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