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To Distil Peppermint Water

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Distil Peppermint Water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the peppermint into short lengths.

  2. Fill your still with the peppermint and add enough water to fill it halfway.

  3. Make a good fire under the still and bring it to a high boil.

  4. Once the still begins to drop, adjust the fire to prevent boiling over.

  5. The slower the still drops, the clearer and stronger the water will be.

  6. The next day, bottle the distilled water and let it stand for three to four days before corking.

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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