Thoroughwort Bitters Recipe

Make a strong tea of the thoroughwort--strain it, and when cool, put to

a couple of quarts of it half a pint of French brandy, the peel of two

or three fresh oranges, cut into small bits, and half a dozen bunches of

fennel, or smallage seed. The seed and orange peel should be crowded

into a bottle, then the tea and brandy turned in. The bottle should be

corked tight. The bitters will keep good almost any length of time, and

is an excellent remedy for bilious complaints, and can often be taken

when the thoroughwort tea will not sit on the stomach. A wine glass of

these bitters to a tumbler of water is about the right proportion. It

should have a little sugar added to it before drinking it.