A RECIPE WORTH TRYING by Cordelia Hicks

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 25, 1901

A RECIPE WORTH TRYING.

By Cordelia Hicks

CORDELIA HICKS.

(Highland Springs, Va.)

A NEIGHBOR had been in poor health about two years, as the after-effect of la grippe. He had a bad cough, raised a great deal, and it seemed probable that he might soon die of consumption. I made him a syrup of mullein and the best white sugar, of which he took a tablespoonful three times a day for several months. At the end of that time, he was as well apparently as he ever was. We were all surprised. Although I knew mullein syrup to be excellent for coughs, I had not expected such a success, especially as the surrounding circumstances were not very favorable. I cannot say that he had tuberculosis; but if he had died without the mullein, very likely his death would have been attributed to consumption.

The mullein should be cut a little below the ground, when it is dry, and spread on a hay mow till thoroughly seasoned, then put in sacks. Fill an iron kettle as large as a water pail with the dried mullein, cover, and let it boil an hour. Set off till it cools, squeeze the herbs dry, put water on them, and cook them again; put the two boilings together, boil down to a quart, and strain through a cloth. Add sugar to make it a thick syrup, when it is done. Watch it closely during the last part of the process; when it rises up considerably, it is done.