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A Cordial Drink

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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A Cordial Drink

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine Fryar’s balsam and spirits of volatile aromatic in a 2-ounce bottle.

  2. When ready to serve, mix the contents of the bottle with 1 pint of warm ale.

  3. Administer the drink once every hour or three to four times a day as needed.

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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