Barley Gruel

Ingredients

• 2 oz Scotch or pearl barley
• 1/2 pint port wine
• the rind of 1 lemon
• 1 quart
• 1/2 pint water
• sugar to taste

Instructions

1. After well washing the barley, boil it in 1/2 pint of water for 1/4 hour;
2. then pour this water away;
3. put to the barley the quart of fresh boiling water, and let it boil until the liquid is reduced to half;
4. then strain it off.
5. Add the wine, sugar, and lemon-peel;
6. simmer for 5 minutes, and put it away in a clean jug.
7. It can be warmed from time to time, as required.