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Originally Posted by issybird
LOL, and I'm left wondering just who or what does the digesting! Because on first reading, I thought you were giving the recipe for an abortifacient. But sitting in a bath for 24 hours seemed like a long, long time for the poor woman.
Some form of nut brandy?
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I've learned a new word.
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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
*sneaking in while Issy isn't looking*
The following is a 19th C. home recipe for what?
"Take polypody of the oak, cut into very small pieces, and put a quantity into a glass flask. Pour on this as much French white wine as will rise an inch above the ingredients, and digest it in a hot water bath for 24 hours."
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I cheated -- and if anyone gets this I call BS.
