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Linseed Drink

A drink made by simmering linseed in cold water and then straining, sweetened or flavored to taste.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Linseed Drink

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine linseed and cold water in a pot.

  2. Simmer gently for 2 hours.

  3. Strain the mixture through muslin.

  4. Sweeten or flavor to taste.

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

Linseed
Its mucilage thickens the water into a smooth, drinkable liquid as it simmers.

“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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