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Pumpkin Diet Drink

A drink made by steeping dried pumpkin seeds in boiling water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Pumpkin Diet Drink

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the dried pumpkin seeds in an earthen jar.

  2. Pour boiling water over the seeds.

  3. Let it steep for 20 minutes.

  4. Strain and take ½ cup at a time.

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

Pumpkin seeds
Provide the main flavor and body of the infusion as they steep 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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