Barley Kail

• Hough, ¹
• barley
• kail
• pepper and salt
• water

Put two pounds of hough and a teacupful of barley into a goblet with about three quarts of cold water. Bring it to the boil and remove the scum. Let it boil for three hours. Have ready a cullender full of kail, which you have washed carefully, and picked down very fine with the fingers. Boil till tender. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve with oatcakes.

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