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Toast and Water

A simple drink made by soaking toasted bread crust in cold water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Toast and Water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Toast the crust of bread until brown on all sides in front of the fire.

  2. Place the toasted crust in a jug and pour 1 quart of cold water over it.

  3. Cover the jug with a cloth and let it sit for half an hour.

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

Bread crust
Toasting browns the crust, adding a toasted aroma and flavor to the water.

The step that matters

Toast the crust until brown on all sides. Browning the crust develops toasted flavor through the Maillard reaction and caramelization. Pale or unevenly toasted crust gives a weaker, flatter flavor in the water.

“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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