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To Prevent Horses Being Teased By Flies

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Prevent Horses Being Teased By Flies

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pour 3 quarts of cold water over ½ pound of walnut or butternut leaves.

  2. Let it infuse overnight.

  3. The next morning, pour the mixture into a kettle and boil for 15 minutes.

  4. Allow it to cool before use.

  5. Moisten a sponge with the liquid and apply it to the horse's ears, neck, flank, and other irritated areas before going outside.

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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