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Milk of Roses

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Milk of Roses

Milk of Roses

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a large container, add 1 ounce of simple tincture benzoin to 1 quart of rose-water while shaking continuously to prevent lumping.

  2. Then, add 20 to 30 drops of tincture myrrh, one drop at a time, mixing well after each addition.

  3. Bottle the mixture and cork it.

  4. Use it to bathe your face and neck once or twice 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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