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Flaxseed Tea

A simple beverage made by steeping flaxseed in cold water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Flaxseed Tea

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the flaxseed in a pint pitcher.

  2. Fill the pitcher with cold water.

  3. Stir occasionally from the bottom.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Flaxseed
Releases mucilage into the water, giving the tea a slightly thick, silky body.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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