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| Johannes Vermeer, Portrait of a Young Woman (1665-67) |
"Of Waters that adorn the Face... Take of the Decoction of a Chicken, Capon, or Hen, three pints, of the juice of Lemmons, one pint, White wine vineger, half a pint, Bean and Water-lilly-flowers, each three small handfuls; Camphure and whites of Eggs, each two drams; mix them and distil them with an Alembick."
Johann Jacob Wecker, Arts Master-Piece (1660)
Wondering what to do with that leftover chicken broth? Adorn your face with it! Obviously.
I'd love to try it, but I need to improvise an alembic
ReplyDeleteI wonder if you are supposed to rinse it off - otherwise you might smell a bit, um, like crab bait?
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