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A Soothing Drink for Coughs

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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A Soothing Drink for Coughs

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Slice the liquorice and marshmallow roots.

  2. Put the sliced roots and linseed into an earthen teapot.

  3. Pour 1 quart of boiling water over the roots.

  4. Infuse for 1 hour.

  5. Strain the mixture.

  6. Sweeten with honey, sugar, or golden syrup as preferred.

  7. Bottle the drink and take it frequently during the day, slightly heated or at room temperature.

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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