This section is from the book "The Corner Cupboard; Or, Facts For Everybody", by Robert Kemp Philp. Also available from Amazon: The Corner Cupboard; or Facts for Everybody.
Toast And Water. Cut a clean piece of bread about three inches square, and not quite half an inch thick ; toasting it brown all over without burning it, and then put it into a pint mug tilled with clean cold water, clapping a saucer over the top to keep the steam from escaping. In about ten mi-nutes a pint of nice, cooling, and refreshing drink will be produced.
 
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