Stringent Gargle

A Plain Cookery Book for the Working ... · Francatelli, Charles Elmé · 1852

Source: A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
Time: Cook: 30 min Total: 30 min
Status: success · extracted 14 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (5)

Twenty sage leaves ↝ Fireweed, leaves, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a handful of red rose leaves ↝ Grape leaves, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a pint of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
a gill of vinegar ↝ Vinegar [Mustard and other condiments]
two table-spoonfuls of honey ↝ Honey [Sweets]

Instructions (6)

Put the sage leaves, red rose leaves, and water into a very clean earthen pipkin.
Boil these for twenty minutes.
Add the vinegar and honey.
Boil again for ten minutes.
Strain the gargle through a muslin rag.
Use when cold.

Original Text

No. 220. How to make a Stringent Gargle.

Put the following ingredients into a very clean earthen pipkin:—Twenty sage leaves, a handful of red rose leaves, and a pint of water; boil these for twenty minutes, then add a gill of vinegar, and two table-spoonfuls of honey; boil again for ten minutes, and strain the gargle through a muslin rag, to be used when cold.

Notes

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