This section is from the book "The Pattern Cook-Book", by The Butterick Publishing Co.. Also available from Amazon: The Pattern Cook-Book.
This is made with sweet milk and an acid. Whey contains the sugar, salt and other saline principles necessary for digestion and the repair of the mineral part of the body.
One cupful of new milk. One-half cupful of sherry wine. Sugar to sweeten.
Place the milk "in a small saucepan set in another containing boiling water. When the milk boils, add the wine, stir well, and leave in a mild heat until the curd and whey separate; then strain, sweeten the whey, and serve.
Many other acids are used in making whey, and the process is the same in each instance as that for making wine whey. The proportions are given below.
One cupful of milk.
Two table-spoonfuis of lemon-juice.
One cupful of milk.
One level tea-spoonful of cream of lartar.
Two cupfuls of milk. One orange (juice)
 
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