How to make Essence of Cucumbers and Milk of Cucumber
To make Essence of Cucumbers, you can :
Break up in a mortar 28 lbs. of good fresh cucumbers; with the pulp produced mix 2 pints rectified spirit (sp. gr. .837), and allow the mixture to stand for a day and night; then distil the whole, and draw off a pint and a half. The distillation may be continued so as to obtain another pint fit for ulterior purposes.
Milk of Cucumber Recipe
Sweet almonds = 4 oz.
Expressed juice of cucumbers = 1 pint.
Spirit (60 o.p.) = 8 oz.
Essence of cucumbers = 1/4 pint.
Green oil, wax = ½ oz
Curd soap = 1/2 oz.
Raise the juice of the cucumbers to the boiling point for half a minute, cool it as quickly as possible, then strain through fine muslin; proceed to manipulate in the usual manner.
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