Recipe book

In her notebook, Founding-Mother Françoise Simard (Mother Marie-du-Bon-Conseil) wrote down every recipe based on their garden products: beverages, meals (pastries, rhubarb wine, ketchup, etc.), and remedies (bronchitis, rheumatisms, diabetes, renal problems, etc.).

Transcription:

week of salads in addition to milk diet

          Goitre

Rub imperial tincture over heat for 20 minutes and apply hot towel once per day.

           Corns

Cover with moistened match sulphur for 9 days.

         Paralysis

Drink infusions of pearly everlasting.

          Bronchitis

Handful of poplar buds in one quart of water.

1 lb. sugar per quart.