Flaxseed-Meal Poultice
Ingredients
Directions
Rapidly stir the flaxseed meal into the boiling water a little at a time.
Continue stirring until the mixture reaches a mush-like consistency.
Beat the mixture with a spoon to remove any lumps.
Spread the flaxseed paste evenly, about ½ inch thick, on a piece of old cloth.
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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