Hop Poultices
Ingredients
Directions
Boil a handful of hops in 1 pint of water for a few minutes.
Strain the mixture and return the juice to the heat.
Thicken the juice with meal until desired consistency.
Remove from heat and stir in a little lard.
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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