A Cure for Chilblains
April 21st, 2017
The pulp of a baked turnip beat up in a tea-cup with a table-spoonful of salad oil, ditto of mustard, and ditto of scraped horse-radish; apply this mixture to the chilblains, and tie it on with a piece of rag.
Source: A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes, C.E. Francatelli
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February 22nd, 2017
Thoroughly bruise a raw onion and a potato into a pulp, by scraping or beating them with a rolling-pin; mix this pulp with a good table-spoonful of salad oil, and apply it to the naked burn or scald; secure it on the part with a linen bandage.
Source: A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes, C.E. Francatelli
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