Title: Grandmother's Hand Lotion
Categories: Info Misc
Yield: 1 Recipe

1/2	oz	Best flake gum tragacanth
3	oz	Glycerine
2	oz	Alcohol
20	dr	Ether
10	dr	Boracic acid (saturated
		Solution all that can be
		Dissolved in 20 drops of
		Boiling hot water)

Soak the gum tragacanth in 1 qt. of water overnight. Beat with a wire eggbeater until smooth. Add to the other ingredients. Beat until the mixture forms a thin smooth ppaste. This lotion may also be used as a powder base but should always be removed from the face before retiring.

Source: "Brush Country Kitchen", Pleasanton's American Bicentennial Cookbook", 1976

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