Dave Malki! has posted a link to an hour-long vid of one of his “True Tales from Old Books” presentations - apart from the Beard Movement, ballooning, and a deeply weird, probably satirical children’s book, it also looks at recipes for invalids - beef tea I’d heard of, and to a lesser extent milk punch, but now I also know how to make toast water and toast soup. Thank you Mr. Malki!
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