Aromatic Vinegar

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

Original Recipe

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

Ingredients

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  • 1 portion acetate of potash (sal diureticus)
  • 0.5 weight of potash sulphuric acid
  • drops oil of lavender (few)

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Instructions

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

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Recipe by mary-randolph from The Virginia Housewife; Or, Methodical Cook (1824)