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Nostradamus' Love Jam Recipe
 
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Nostradamus' Love Jam
Total time: 1hr to 2hr

Prep.time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 2 to 3 hours

 
Difficulty: Easy
Chef's Note

A renowned physician and alchemist during the Renaissance, Nostradamus published a treatise on jam-making which contains this recipe "for women whose frigidity makes them unable to conceive or to satisfy legitimate appetites."

Ingredients
- 1 kg (2 1/4 lb.) mountain honey
- 300 g (10 oz.) fresh ginger
Method
  1. Peel the ginger; cut into thin strips; wash several times;
  2. place into a saucepan and cover with water; boil for 10 minutes;
  3. drain; repeat the process two more times for 10 minutes, and a final time for 20 minutes;
  4. let drain overnight;
  5. in a heavy-bottomed saucepan, boil the drained ginger with the honey for 15 minutes;
  6. boil again the next day and the day after that, for 15 minutes each time;
  7. place into jars and eat a spoonful when you're lacking ardor.
 
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