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A Freezing Mixture

This recipe uses refined niter, which should be handled with care.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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The recipe

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place 2 ounces of refined niter in a stone bottle.

  2. Nearly fill the bottle with hot water.

  3. Cork the bottle and submerge it in a well or cistern.

  4. After 2 to 3 hours, the mixture will freeze; break the bottle to access the frozen mixture.

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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