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Aperient Mixture

From The housekeeper's companion, 1883

This is for a simple aperient mixture.

Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housekeeper's companion (1883), page 270. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

aperient mixture: Bicar- bonate of potash (or soda), 2 drachms; infusion of senna, 2 ounces; infusion of gentian, 6 ounces

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.