Cochineal Colouring

Ingredients

• 15 grains cochineal
• 0.5 pint water
• alum
• 1 drachm cream of tartar
• sugar

Instructions

1. Boil fifteen grains of cochineal in half a pint of water.
2. Add a small piece of alum the size of a nut, one drachm of cream of tartar, and a few lumps of sugar.
3. Boil slowly for an hour.
4. Strain and bottle for use.