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Camphor Ice with Glycerine

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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The recipe

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Melt the lard and white wax in a water bath in an earthen or porcelain dish.

  2. Strain the melted mixture into a similar vessel.

  3. Warm the glycerine and mix in the powdered borax until dissolved.

  4. Add the borax solution to the melted mixture as it cools, stirring well.

  5. Incorporate the powdered camphor using the alcohol, stirring thoroughly.

  6. Pour the mixture into molds and allow to set.

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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