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Bread Poultice

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Bread Poultice

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut a slice of stale bread to the desired size.

  2. Place it in a warmed basin and pour boiling water over it.

  3. Cover with a plate and let it soak for a few minutes.

  4. Drain off the water and spread the soaked bread on a piece of soft linen rag.

  5. Apply the poultice as hot as it can be borne.

  6. For easier removal, wrap the poultice in fine muslin.

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.