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Pennyroyal Tea

A herbal tea made by steeping dried pennyroyal herb in boiling water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Pennyroyal Tea

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the dried pennyroyal herb in a teapot.

  2. Pour 2 cups of boiling water over the herb.

  3. Cover and steep for 10 minutes.

  4. Strain the tea and serve hot.

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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The step that matters

Safety warning: pennyroyal is toxic. Pennyroyal contains pulegone, a compound linked to severe liver damage and deaths. This tea should not be made or drunk, and the herb should not be used for brewing.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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