Name: Toast and Water
Ingredients: upper crust of a stale loaf; hot or cold water; lemon or orange peel (optional)

Toast and Water

Ingredients

upper crust of a stale loaf
hot or cold water
lemon or orange peel (optional)

Directions

Toast the upper crust of a stale loaf over a fire until very brown but not burnt.
Place the toasted crust in a jug and add hot or cold water according to your taste.
For added flavor, include a little lemon or orange peel if desired.

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.