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Ginger Bag

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Ginger Bag

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the cotton cloth pieces to fit the width of the shoulders of the wearer.

  2. Round off the bottom and hollow the top to fit the neck.

  3. Lay the wadding on one piece of cloth with the smooth side facing the cloth.

  4. Sprinkle the wadding liberally with powdered ginger.

  5. Place the second piece of cloth on top and quilt in tiny diamonds after turning in and sewing the edges together.

  6. Fasten at the neck with tapes and tie snugly around the neck.

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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