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Pumpkin Seed

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Pumpkin Seed

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Bruise the hulled pumpkin seeds thoroughly.

  2. Mix the bruised seeds with hot water for a few minutes.

  3. Strain the mixture through a colander.

  4. In the morning, take half of the strained liquid on an empty stomach.

  5. After one hour, take the remaining liquid.

  6. Three hours later, take a full dose of castor oil.

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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