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Mustard Poultice

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Mustard Poultice

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix the mustard with enough hot water to form a paste.

  2. Spread the paste on a piece of brown paper.

  3. Cover with a muslin rag and apply to the affected area.

  4. Remove the poultice when it starts to sting.

  5. After removal, apply a little ointment on a soft linen rag to the affected area.

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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