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Cracker Panada

A sweetened beverage made by boiling crackers in water and straining the liquid.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Cracker Panada

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Break the crackers into pieces.

  2. Boil the cracker pieces in water for 15 minutes.

  3. Remove from heat and let stand for 3-4 minutes.

  4. Strain the liquid through a fine wire sieve.

  5. Season the liquid with sugar.

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

Hard crackers
Their starch and toasted flavor dissolve into the boiling water, giving the liquid body and taste.
Sugar
Adds sweetness that balances the toasted flavor of the crackers.

“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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