Linseed Meal Poultice

Ingredients

• linseed meal
• boiling water

Method

1. 1

   Heat a basin with boiling water; place the basin in a larger one with boiling water round it.

2. 2

   Place the linseed meal in the smaller basin; stir in enough boiling water to make a moist paste.

3. 3

   Beat quickly till it looks oily (about three minutes).

4. 4

   Sew up three sides of a bag of flannel or cotton; place it on a heated dish, fill with linseed meal, and sew up the opening quickly.

5. 5

   Apply as hot as can be borne.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The school cookery book (1881), page 71. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Linseed Meal Poultice. — Required: linseed meal ; boiling water

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