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White Bean Poultice

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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White Bean Poultice

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Stew white beans until soft.

  2. Place the beans in a thin muslin bag.

  3. Apply the bag to the swelling.

  4. Renew the poultice every hour or two.

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.