Name: Linseed Lemonade
Ingredients: 1 quart boiling water; 4 tablespoons whole linseed; juice of 2 lemons; rock candy, to taste

Linseed Lemonade

Ingredients

1 quart boiling water
4 tablespoons whole linseed
juice of 2 lemons
rock candy, to taste

Directions

Pour boiling water over the linseed in a pot.
Add the lemon juice and cover tightly.
Let it steep for 3 hours.
Sweeten with rock candy 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

Whole linseed: Releases a mucilage when steeped, giving the drink a light, slightly thickened body.
Lemon juice: Adds acidity that brightens the flavor and balances the sweetness of the rock candy.
Rock candy: Adds sweetness to balance the acidity of the lemon juice.

“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.