How to Make Cucumber Ointment
The healing qualities of cucumber make it an excellent additive for an ointment. Cucumber ointment will heal skin irritations, including minor cuts, scrapes and sunburns. It will also moisturize and sooth dry, irritated skin. When you make your own cucumber ointment, you will know that the ingredients are completely natural and chemical-free.
Things You'll Need:
Cucumber
Veal suet
Lard
Clean muslin or cheesecloth
1-qt. jar or crock
Rosewater
Small glass jars, sterilized
1
Wash the cucumbers thoroughly, and mash them to a pulp with a food processer or a blender, or grate the cucumbers to a pulp. Strain the juice and set it aside.
2
Cut the veal suet into small chunks and heat it over a hot water bath until the fat is melted. Stir the lard into the mixture, and strain it through a piece of muslin or cheesecloth into a mixing bowl.
3
Stir in a third of the cucumber, and whip it with a plastic spatula until any odor dissipates, then put it into the 1-qt. jar or crock and cover it securely.
4
Put the jar or crock into a hot water bath until the fat separates from the juice, and strain the green matter off the top of the ointment.
5
Stir in the remainder of the cucumber juice and put the ointment in a cool place to harden.
6
Melt the ointment over a hot water bath and strain it into sterile glass jars. Put a thin layer of rosewater on the top of the ointment to act as preservative, and seal the jars securely.
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The healing qualities of cucumber make it an excellent additive for an ointment. Cucumber ointment will heal skin irritations, including minor cuts, scrapes and sunburns. It will also moisturize and sooth dry, irritated skin. When you make your own cucumber ointment, you will know that the ingredients are completely natural and chemical-free.
Things You'll Need:
Cucumber
Veal suet
Lard
Clean muslin or cheesecloth
1-qt. jar or crock
Rosewater
Small glass jars, sterilized
1
Wash the cucumbers thoroughly, and mash them to a pulp with a food processer or a blender, or grate the cucumbers to a pulp. Strain the juice and set it aside.
2
Cut the veal suet into small chunks and heat it over a hot water bath until the fat is melted. Stir the lard into the mixture, and strain it through a piece of muslin or cheesecloth into a mixing bowl.
3
Stir in a third of the cucumber, and whip it with a plastic spatula until any odor dissipates, then put it into the 1-qt. jar or crock and cover it securely.
4
Put the jar or crock into a hot water bath until the fat separates from the juice, and strain the green matter off the top of the ointment.
5
Stir in the remainder of the cucumber juice and put the ointment in a cool place to harden.
6
Melt the ointment over a hot water bath and strain it into sterile glass jars. Put a thin layer of rosewater on the top of the ointment to act as preservative, and seal the jars securely.
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