It sometimes happens that milk disagrees with a delicate infant so
seriously that it is necessary to substitute some other article of diet
for a few days. I have known barley water to be used, in such cases,
with great success.
2 cups _boiling_ water.
2 tablespoonfuls pearl barley—picked over and washed.
A pinch of salt.
2 teaspoonfuls white sugar—_not_ heaping.
Soak the barley half an hour in a very little lukewarm water, and stir,
without draining, into the boiling water, salted very slightly. Simmer
one hour, stirring often, and strain before sweetening.