Imperial Water

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (4)
  1. Put two ounces of cream of tartar into a large jar, with the juice and peels of two lemons.
  2. Pour on them seven quarts of boiling water.
  3. When it is cold clear it through a gauze sieve, sweeten it to your taste, and bottle it.
  4. It will be fit to use the next day.
Original Text
To make IMPERIAL WATER. PUT two ounces of cream of tartar into a large jar, with the juice and peels of two lemons, pour on them seven quarts of boiling water, when it is cold clear it through a gauze sieve, sweeten it to your taste, and bottle it.—It will be fit to use the next day.
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