Bird Lime

Ingredients

• good quality bark
• water
• green rank weeds (such as thistles, hemlock)
• clarified oil (such as capon or goose grease, or walnut oil)

Directions

1. Peel good quality bark in mid-summer.

2. Fill a vessel with water and boil the bark for twelve hours until it turns green.

3. Remove from heat and drain the water from the bark.

4. Lay the green bark on the ground in a cellar, covered with green rank weeds for six days.

5. Pound the bark in a stone mortar until it becomes a paste.

6. Wash the paste well in running water to remove any debris.

7. Put the paste into a ferment for four to five days, changing it when no more bubbles come.

8. Add a third part of clarified oil and stir continuously over gentle heat until finished.