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AROMATIC  VINEGAR
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AROMATIC VINEGAR

6 ingredients 6 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

158
Calories
0g
Protein
14g
Fat
3g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Lavender not in our table 0
Spirit not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • four quarts of very strong vinegar
  • one ounce of essential oil of lavender
  • a clove of garlic
  • a pint of highly rectified spirits of wine
  • half itfe weight of sulphuric acid
  • four thieves

Directions

1

PUT a portion of acetate of potash, (sal diureticus,j into a smelling bottle; mix gradually .with it half itfe weight of sulphuric acid, and add a few drops of oil of lavender.

2

VINEGAR OF THE FOUR THIEVES. TAKE lavender, rosemary, sage, wormwood, rue, and mint, of each a large handful; prR them in a pot of earthen ware, pour on them four quarts of very strong vinegar, cover the pot closely, and put a board on the top; keep it in the hottest sun two weeks, then strain and bottle it, putting in each bottle a clove of garlic. When it has settled in the bottle and be- come clear, pour it off gently; do this until you get it all free from sedimen^ The proper time to make it is when the herbs are in full vigour, in June. This vinegar is very refreshing in crowded rooms, in the apartments of the sick; and is peculiarly grateful when sprinkled about the house in damp weather.

3

LAVENDER WATER. .

4

PUT a pint of highly rectified spirits of wine, to one ounce of essential oil of lavender, and two

5

178 THE VIRGINIA HOUSEWIFE.

6

drachms of ambergris; shake them well together, and keep it closely stopped.

By Randolph, Mary, 1762-1828 · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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