Lettuce Cream
From The farm cook & rule book, 1923
Serves 8
Serves as a bleach and healing lotion.
Presented as published in 1923. 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 farm cook & rule book (1923) by Nell Beaubien Nichols, page 134. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Lettuce Cream A cream which serves for a bleach and a healing lotion is made from lettuce. Select large lettuce leaves and cover them 268 GEAXDMOTHEE'S BEAUTY SECEETS 269 T\ith boiling water. Let stand 30 minutes; then pour off the water and pound the lettuce with a potato masher. Strain through a fine sieve. Then melt 1 ounce of white wax, 1 ounce of spermacetti and 4 ounces of almond oil
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