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Alchemy, Apothecaries, Early Modern, Medical Practitioners, Medicine, Printed Books, Series: Distillation, Students, Tools and Techniques

A Recipe for Disaster: How not to Distill Turpentine

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By Tillmann Taape When sifting through early modern alchemical recipes, I am often struck by their inherent dangers which would make modern-day health and safety officers pull their hair out. Renaissance practitioners were remarkably unfazed by temperatures high enough to melt glass and metal, and they frequently recommended heating volatile and flammable liquid in sealed … Continue reading A Recipe for Disaster: How not to Distill Turpentine →

Animals, British Studies, Early Modern, Food and Drink, Remedies, Series: Jane Baber

To Make Muske Cakes

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By Casey Mitchell From a cultural perspective, odd foods are a common occurrence in the world today. Individuals from America might be horrified to eat something as foreign as monkey brains–a delicacy in Africa and India–or haggis, the Scots’ age-old recipe for beef-in-a-sheep’s bladder/stomach/what you will. Jane Baber’s Book of Receipts, compiled in 1625, contains … Continue reading To Make Muske Cakes →