OLDE FAMILY RECIPE: OPIUM NOT INCLUDED

OLDE FAMILY RECIPE: OPIUM NOT INCLUDED

VICTORIA, BC (Wireless Flash) -- If Martha Stewart wants to be the queen of helpful hints she has three centuries of work ahead of her. That's because 70-year-old Maggie Nuyten has just compiled, "Maggie's Inheritance", a collection of 300 recipes and helpful hints that date back to 17th century England. Some of the more bizarre recipes handed down from Nuyten's relatives include something called "Humble Pie," a dish made out of deer hearts and livers. There's a so-called cure for cancer that may be more disgusting than the illness: You boil turkey figs in milk and place the gunk on your tumors. Nuyten's book also features a recipe for cold medicine, but finding the ingredients may be tricky, since it requires a generous portion of opium and a quart of booze.