Fungus Application for Flying Locusts

Ingredients

• Open a tube and take out the contents entire
• two teaspoonfuls of sugar
• three-quarters of a tumblerful of water

Method

1. 1

   Mix fungus with sugar, dissolve in boiled water, and float cork pieces in it.

2. 2

   Let it stand in a warm place until fungus grows on cork.

3. 3

   Use locusts dipped in fungus or smear damp ground with it.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper (1902) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 103. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

of application for Flying Locusts. Directions for Preparing the Fungus previous TO USE. Open a tube and take out the contents entire ; add it to two teaspoonfuls of sugar, and rub the whole together with a spoon or flat knife so as to break up the material and mix it thoroughly. Then dissolve this in three-quarters of a tumblerful of water

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