Canker Medicine
From The Carbon County cook book, 1926
Presented as published in 1926. 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 Carbon County cook book (1926), page 53. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Canker Medicine. 1 quart of corn cob ashes, quaken aspen bark, elderberry bark, wild grape root, chokecherry bark, worm- wood and oak bark, garden sage, hops and horehound, yarrow and most any kind of herbs that are good for the blood. 5c worth each of bayberry bark, borax and golden seal. Alum size of an egg and saltpeter, honey and whisky. Boil herbs down to a strong tea. A pint of each kind of herb tea. Add 4 quarts honey to 2 gallons of herb tea, add the golden seal and all the rest. Boil 4 hours, then add 1 quart whisky
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