PEPPERMINT Drops to carry in the Pocket

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (5)
  1. Mix the sifted sugar with the beaten egg whites.
  2. Add the oil of peppermint and beat all together well.
  3. Using a teaspoon, drop the mixture onto fine cap paper, forming pieces the size of half a nutmeg.
  4. Place the drops on the hearth to dry.
  5. The next day, remove the drops; they are fit for use.
Original Text
To make PEPPERMINT Drops to carry in the Pocket. TAKE one pound of treble refined sugar, beat it fine and sift it through a lawn sieve, then mix it with the whites of two eggs, beat it to a thick froth, then add sixty drops of the oil of peppermint and beat them all well together, then with a tea-spoon drop it upon fine cap paper, the size of half a nutmeg, and put them upon the hearth to dry, the next day take them off and they are fit for use.
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