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To Remove the Taint of Must From Wheat

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Remove the Taint of Must From Wheat

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the wheat in a large vessel that can hold at least three times its quantity.

  2. Fill the vessel with boiling water.

  3. Stir the grain occasionally and remove any hollow or decayed grains that float.

  4. After about 30 minutes, drain the water.

  5. Rinse the corn with cold water to remove any must.

  6. Drain the corn completely and spread it thinly on the floor of a kiln.

  7. Dry the corn thoroughly, stirring and turning it frequently.

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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