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BONESET FOR A COUGH

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

81
Calories
0g
Protein
0g
Fat
13g
Carbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Rum 1/2 oz (15ml) 32
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • half pints of water on a ten cent package of boneset
  • one teaspoonful before each meal
  • a pint of jamaica rum
  • ten cent package of boneset
  • half coffee-cupsful of loaf sugar

Directions

1

Pour one and a half pints of water on a ten cent package of boneset. Let it steep by the fire ten or fifteen minutes, then strain it. Sweeten it with two and a half coffee-cupsful of loaf sugar, then add half a pint of Jamaica rum, and bottle it. Dose for a child one teaspoonful before each meal ; for a grown person a sherry glassful.

By Gibson, Marietta Fauntleroy Hollyday, "Mrs. C. H. Gibson." · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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