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A Gargle for a Sore Throat

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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The recipe

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine the tincture of muriate of iron and chlorate of potash in a goblet of cold water.

  2. Gargle the throat with this mixture.

  3. It is safe if a small amount is accidentally swallowed.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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