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A Tonic

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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The recipe

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil Gentian root, Colombo root, and Chamomile flowers in 1½ quarts of water.

  2. Reduce the mixture to 1 quart.

  3. Add ½ pint of best whiskey.

  4. Take a dose of 2 teaspoons three times a day.

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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