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Currant Jelly Water

A drink made by mixing currant jelly with cold water, served to sick people in small amounts frequently.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Currant Jelly Water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix the currant jelly thoroughly with the cold water.

  2. Serve to a sick person in small amounts, frequently.

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

Currant jelly
Provides sweetness and flavour that make the cold water more palatable.

“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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