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Toast Water

A drink made by soaking dried toast in boiling water and seasoning with salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Toast Water

Toast Water

Ingredients

Directions

Steep the toast

  1. Break the toast into pieces.

  2. Pour boiling water over the toast.

  3. Cover and let it stand for 1 hour.

Strain and serve

  1. Strain the mixture.

  2. Season with salt to taste.

  3. Serve hot or cold.

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

Dried and browned toast
Supplies the toasted, browned flavor and aroma that the hot water extracts into the liquid.

“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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