Aromatic Confection

Ingredients

• 2oz. of powdered nutmegs
• 2oz. of cinnamon
• 2oz. of hay-saffron
• loz. of powdered cloves
• ioz. of powdered cardamom-seeds
• lib. of prepared chalk
• 21b. of caster sugar

Method

1. 1

   Mix carefully in a mortar the powdered nutmegs, cinnamon, hay-saffron, powdered cloves, and powdered cardamom-seeds.

2. 2

   When these are carefully blended, stir in the prepared chalk and caster sugar.

3. 3

   Mix thoroughly and store away in stoppered wide-mouthed bottles.

4. 4

   Moisten from 0.5 to 1 teaspoonful with a little water, to be administered three or four times a day in cases of summer diarrhoea.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopædia of practical cookery (1890) by Theodore Francis Garrett, page 458. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Aromatic Confection. — Mix carefully in a mortar 2oz. each of powdered nutmegs, cinnamon, and hay-saffron, loz. of pow- dered cloves, and ioz. of powdered cardamom-seeds. When these are carefully blended, stir in lib. of prepared chalk and 21b. of caster sugar

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