Yellow Ink
Steep one ounce of turmeric, in powder, in a gill of good rum or gin which is not coloured; let it rest twenty-four hours; then throw it on a cloth, and express the colored liquor, which mix with gum water.
A New England receipt book from the 1830s — cures, dyes, inks and kitchen secrets, preserved exactly as printed.
Steep one ounce of turmeric, in powder, in a gill of good rum or gin which is not coloured; let it rest twenty-four hours; then throw it on a cloth, and express the colored liquor, which mix with gum water.