Name: Gargle of Sage and Linseed
Ingredients: 2 ounces sage; 1 ounce linseed; 1 pint boiling water

Gargle of Sage and Linseed

Ingredients

2 ounces sage
1 ounce linseed
1 pint boiling water

Directions

Mix sage and linseed in boiling water.
Allow the mixture to cool.
Use as a gargle for inflamed throat.

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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Gargle of Sage and Linseed