Camphor Ice
From The national course in home economics, 1917
Serves 10
Presented as published in 1917. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The national course in home economics (1917) by Ruth Allen Beezley, page 381. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
camphor ice. Glycerine ought never to be used alone, only in lotions, as it has a tendency to make the skin harsh and dry. COLD CREAM. Three-fourths of an ounce of sperm, one-half ounce of white wax, four ounces of oil of sweet almonds, one-half ounce of rose water, one-half ounce of glycerine, one-half drachm of borax, five to ten drops of oil of rose water; melt together with moderate heat, in a granite dish, the sperm and wax, add oil of sweet almonds (do not overheat) dissolve borax in glycerine and rose water, and add to oil and wax as it begins to cool, then whip thoroughly in a Keystone egg-beater or with a wire egg-beater until it begins to cream, then add oil of rose. C. O. CAflPHOR ICE. One-half ounce of sperm, one ounce of white wax, two ounces oil of sweet almonds or cotton-seed oil; melt together with gentle heat, then add TOILET SUGGESTIONS AND RECIPES. 537 one-half ounce of camphor; when dissolved and partly cooled add four drops of oil of bitter almonds and eight drops of oil of mace
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