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Hair Oil (Family)

From Recipes for the million, 1891

Serves 10

Presented as published in 1891. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for the million (1891), page 94. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HAIR OIL (FAMILY). — Break into very small pieces a quarter of an ounce of spermaceti, and melt it over the fire with a gill of oil of 86 sweet almonds. When cold stir in a few drops of oil of bergamot, rubbed up with half a grain of civit

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