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Extracting Peppermint Oil

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Extracting Peppermint Oil

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Gather peppermint leaves when fully grown and before they seed.

  2. Cut the leaves and place them in a still, covering with water.

  3. Heat the still over a good fire; once it begins to drop, tilt it slightly to allow slower extraction.

  4. Bottle the liquid when cold and let it stand for one to two days before corking.

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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