Water Bouquets for the Table
From The household (of the Detroit free press), 1886
Serves 1
The bouquet will last for two to three days and can be refreshed by changing the 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
- a glass dish (circular)
- a low glass shade to fit inside the dish
- The few flowers
- a margin of an inch or so
- fern or moss arranged
Method
Make a bouquet according to the size of the shade, ensuring a margin between the glass and flowers.
Tie the stalks firmly and cut close.
Place the dish in water, weight the bouquet to keep it upright, and cover with the shade underwater.
Lift out carefully and dry the dish before placing it on the table.
As published
This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
WATER BOUQUETS FOR THE TABLE, To make a bouquet for the table the articles required are a glass dish (circular) and a low glass shade to fit inside the dish. Then make a bouquet according to the size of the shade, as there must be a margin of an inch or so between the glass and the flowers. The few flowers — and very few will suffice if the shade is small — should be lightly put together, with fern or moss arranged
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