American Southern

Barbers' Star Hair Oil

Name: Barbers' Star Hair Oil
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: Castor oil six and a half pints; 1.5 pints alcohol; 0.5 oz citronella oil

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 39. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

15 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

8Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

Castor oil six and a half pints
1 1/2 pints alcohol
1/2 oz citronella oil

Instructions

1
Mixed and well shaken.

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