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Camphorated Powder

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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The recipe

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a mortar, rub 1 drachm of camphorated powder.

  2. Gradually add 1 pint of warm water, stirring continuously.

  3. Strain the mixture through fine linen.

  4. For use, mix 6 ounces of the julep with 2 ounces of Minderems’s spirit.

  5. Take 3 tablespoons every 3 to 4 hours.

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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