Barley Water
500. Wash and pick one ounce of pearl barley, pour over it one tea cupful of water, and let it boil for ten minutes. Drain it, and pour over it three tea cupsful of boiling water; set it over the fire, and boil it down one half. Strain it through a hair sieve or piece of muslin.
Gum arabic is sometimes dissolved in it; the liquid sweetened to the taste, forms a very agreeable drink.