HEPHNATICK WATER for the Gravel

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (3)
for the water
Instructions (5)
  1. Gather your thorn flowers in May, when they are in full bloom, and pick them from the stems and leaves.
  2. To every half peck of flowers take three quarts of Lisbon wine, and put into it a quarter of a pound of nutmegs sliced.
  3. Let them steep in it all night.
  4. Then put it into your still with the peeps.
  5. Keep a moderate even fire under it, for if you let it boil over, it will lose its strength.
Original Text
To make HEPHNATICK WATER for the Gravel. GATHER your thorn flowers in May, when they are in full bloom, and pick them from the stems and leaves, and to every half peck of flowers take three quarts of Lisbon wine, and put into it a quarter of a pound of nutmegs sliced, and let them steep in it all night, then put it into your still with the peeps, and keep a moderate even fire under it, for if you let it boil over, it will lose its strength.
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