"To Make Black Medicine"
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a recipe from the women's manuscript recipe book
plain
2020-12-10T20:15:15-08:00
"To Make Black Medicine"“To Make Black Medicine 1822”
¼ of pint of lintseed oil oil ¼ of a pint of salad oil ¼ of a pound of redled finely ground, boil the oils together a ¼ of an hour let it stand till it’s almost cold then pour in the redlead simmer’d together till it’s of a rite substance, be sure not to let it boil + strain it ¼ of an hour after its of[f] the fire
Interestingly enough, this recipe appears twice, somewhat different in its instructions and proportions, in the recipe book. "To Make Black Medicine", dated 1822, is also similarly labeled "Black Plaster" in a possibly later recipe, which was also written on an insert. The "Black Plaster" recipe is herein included for comparison. Note that it is written in an entirely different hand.
"Black Plaster"
½ pint salad oil ½ linseed oil
boil together when half cold stir
in ½ pound of Redlead then boil
the whole well stirring in let
it stand a little time, pour it
in with a pan of cold water
