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Rose-Water

p. 577 · The White House Cook Book
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Preferable to the distilled for a perfume, or for culinary purposes.

Attar of rose, twelve drops; rub it up with half an ounce of white

sugar and two drachms carbonate magnesia; then add gradually one quart

of water and two ounces of proof spirit, and filter through paper.

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p. 577