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For Horses Seized with Violent Spasms or Colic

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Peppermint and whisky work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 33 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

For Horses Seized with Violent Spasms or Colic

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine the Oil of Peppermint, Whisky, Laudanum, and Hot Water in a soda-water bottle.

  2. Shake well to mix the ingredients.

  3. Administer the mixture to the horse.

  4. If necessary, repeat the dose after 30 minutes.

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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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Peppermint + whiskytop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together33 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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