Regency Beauty: Receipt for Pomade Divine

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I have shared  an 1804  A Receipt for Pomade Divine, a very popular product that I frequently see advertisements for, and thought I would share this “frugal” version from 1810:

To make the celebrated Pomade Divine Beef marrow twelve ounces steeped in water ten days and after wards in rose water twenty four hours flowers of benjamin pounded storax and Florentine orris of each half an ounce cinnamon a quarter of an ounce and clove and nutmeg a quarter of an ounce The whole to be put in an earthen vessel closely covered down to keep in the fumes and being suspended in water made to boil three hours after which the whole is to be strained and put into bottles Pomade Divine Take of beef marrow one pound and a half well cleaned from the bones and skin put it into an earthen vessel with spring water which must be changed twice a day for ten days drain it well and let it lie twenty four hours in a pint of rose water then dry it in a clean cloth add storax benjamin cypress and orris root in fine powder of each one ounce cloves and nutmegs two drachms and half an ounce of cinna mon carefully mix them with the marrow Put the mass into a silver cup with a cover tie it close down with a fine cloth and immediately over it lay on a paste made with the white of eggs and flour and upon that another piece of cloth The cup must be suspended in a copper of boiling water for three hours afterwards pass the liquor through muslin into the cups you intend to keep it in and tie it down the next day During the preparation it should not be touched but with a silver spoon Copley, E. (1810). The Cook’s Complete Guide on the Principles of Frugality, Comfort, and Elegance: Including the Art of Carving, and the Most Approved Method of Setting-out a Table … Instructions for Preserving Health and Attaining Old Age … Rules for Cultivating a Garden and Numerous Useful Miscellaneous Receipts. United Kingdom: George Virtue.

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