To make oyle [sic] of camomile
1 batch
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | pint | Oyle |
| 3 | ounces | Camomile [sic] flowers |
Directions
"- take oyle a pint and an halfe [sic], and three ounces of camomile flowers dryed [sic] one day after they be gathered. Then put the oyle and the flowers in a glasse [sic] and stop the mouth close and set into the Sun by the space of forty days." Cathy's note: I do not know if this is edible.
From _The Good Housewife's Handbook_, 1588. In Steven Foster's "Chamomile" article in "The Herb Companion." Dec. 1992/Jan. 1993, Vol. 5, No. 2. Pg. 68. Posted by Cathy Harned.