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What was the stillroom?
The still room used to be a distillery room found in both wealthy households and many small houses and farms, dating back as least to medieval times.
Such rooms were used to make:
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essential oils
medicines
salves
tinctures
medicated lozanges
pastilles
cataplasms
poultices
cosmetics
sweetmeats
candied flowers
marchpanes
jams
jellies
relishes
syrups
chocolate
soaps
perfume
pomanders
hippocras
vinegars
possets
liqueurs
cordials
sweet perfumed waters
herbal infused drinks
May dew
tisanes
household cleaners
furniture polishes
vegetable dye
insect and pest repellent
candles
spices for food seasoning
pickled vegetables
preserves
tea blending
dried herbs, flowers and roots
strewing herbs
talismans
good luck charms
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