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For Crystallizing Grass

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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For Crystallizing Grass

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Dissolve rock alum in boiling water in a wide-mouthed vessel.

  2. Once cool, hang grasses in the solution a few at a time.

  3. Ensure the grasses are not too heavy for the stems.

  4. Reheat the alum solution to add more grasses if desired.

  5. Add a little coloring for variety if desired.

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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