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White Ointment

Contains white lead, which is toxic and should not be used on open wounds or ingested.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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White Ointment

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Melt the hog's lard and goose grease together.

  2. Add the white lead powder and stir until it cools and thickens.

  3. Apply to cracked heels, sore shoulders, or backs once or twice a day.

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.