Mustard Plaster

Ingredients

• a paste of flour
• warm water
• mustard
• a double piece of new sheer muslin
• cover with flannel

Method

1. 1

   Mix a paste of flour and warm water so stiff it will not run off of cloth.

2. 2

   Lay the cloth on a plate, spread the paste the size you need, sift the mustard over it very sparingly.

3. 3

   Wet the muslin and lay it over the mustard.

4. 4

   Sprinkle it very wet with hot water, put it on and cover with flannel.

5. 5

   Leave it on for ten or fifteen minutes as they can bear it.

6. 6

   Be careful not to draw a blister.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Queen Cook Book: A Careful Compilation of Recipes and Practical ... (1895) by William Hart Boyd, page 108. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mustard Plaster. Mix a paste of flour and warm water so stiff it will not run off of cloth, lay the cloth on a plate, spread the paste the size you need, sift the mustard over it very sparingly. Wet a double piece of new sheer mus- lin and lay carefully over the mustard. Sprinkle it very wet with very hot water, put it on and cover with flannel

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