Antispasmodic Tea

A Plain Cookery Book for the Working ... · Francatelli, Charles Elmé · 1852
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A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
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Ingredients (4)
Instructions (3)
  1. Infuse two-pennyworth of hay saffron in a gill of boiling water in a tea-cup for ten minutes
  2. add a dessert-spoonful of brandy, and sugar to sweeten
  3. drink the tea hot
Original Text
No. 228. Antispasmodic Tea. Infuse two-pennyworth of hay saffron (sold at all chemists') in a gill of boiling water in a tea-cup for ten minutes; add a dessert-spoonful of brandy, and sugar to sweeten, and drink the tea hot. This powerful yet harmless remedy will quickly relieve you from spasmodic pains occasioned by indigestion.
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