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Rose Water

From The household (of the Detroit free press), 1886

Serves 20

This recipe creates a fragrant rose water.

Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 309. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Rose Water — Take otto of roses, twenty-five drops, rub it in with an ounce of white sugar and four drachms of the carbonate of magnesia ; then add gradually half a gallon of water and four ounces of proof spirits

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