To make Extract of Saturn
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To make Extract of Saturn
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To make Extract of Saturn
Take a quart of wine vinegar (thirty two ounces) if made of French wine the better. - & a pd. of littharge of Gold, beat them into an earthen Pilkin, & let them simmer for an hour or hour & quarter, taking care to stir wth a wooden spitula: then take the vesel off the Fire, & when it is settled pour the clear Liquor into Bottles for use.
N: r.: The vinegar wile not comon ly taken of a sufficent quantity of Lead in so short a time it wile [illegible] it must therefore be refined [illegible] during the Cooling you must continue stirring till the Extract is as strong as you wish it to be.
Take a quart of wine vinegar (thirty two ounces) if made of French wine the better. - & a pd. of littharge of Gold, beat them into an earthen Pilkin, & let them simmer for an hour or hour & quarter, taking care to stir wth a wooden spitula: then take the vesel off the Fire, & when it is settled pour the clear Liquor into Bottles for use.
N: r.: The vinegar wile not comon ly taken of a sufficent quantity of Lead in so short a time it wile [illegible] it must therefore be refined [illegible] during the Cooling you must continue stirring till the Extract is as strong as you wish it to be.
Subject
wine vinegar See all items with this value
Litharge of gold See all items with this value
Contributor
Le, Vincent
Source
Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher
George Mason University Libraries
Rights
Public domain. There are no known restrictions.