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Barley Water (18th Century Recipe)

Make Barley Water (18th Century Recipe) at home with Pearl Barley, Boiling Water, and Caster Sugar. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Ingredients

• 3 oz
• 2 pt
• 6 tbsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Rinse the pearl barley, put into a jug and pour in the boiling water.

2. 2

   Add the lemon rind and lemon juice and sugar and stir thoroughly.

3. 3

   Leave to cool then strain into a clean jug or bottle before serving.

4. 4

   From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini