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  2. Elixir of life - Wikipedia

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    The elixir of life (Medieval Latin: elixir vitae), also known as elixir of immortality, is a potion that supposedly grants the drinker eternal life and/or eternal youth. This elixir was also said to cure all diseases. Alchemists in various ages and cultures sought the means of formulating the elixir.

  3. Potion - Wikipedia

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    Recipes for the potion appeared in the work of the popular English apothecary Nicholas Culpeper and the official pharmacopoeia handbooks of London and Amsterdam. Queen Elizabeth 's French ambassador was even treated with the remedy; however, the recipe was altered to include a "unicorn's horn" (possibly a ground-up narwhal tusk ) in addition to ...

  4. I Shall Survive Using Potions! - Wikipedia

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    In another nearby village, she provides healing potions to the villagers there to allow recovery. The village chief shows them a hint on where the epidemic's source is coming from, leading to a foggy area where Kaoru uses some hi-tech glasses to help find their way, where they also discover red-eyed animals infected by the epidemic.

  5. Recipe - Wikipedia

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    A recipe in a cookbook for pancakes with the prepared ingredients. A recipe is a set of instructions that describes how to prepare or make something, especially a dish of prepared food. A sub-recipe or subrecipe is a recipe for an ingredient that will be called for in the instructions for the main recipe. Cookbooks, which are a collection of ...

  6. Philosopher's stone - Wikipedia

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    The Alchymist, in Search of the Philosopher's Stone by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1771. The philosopher's stone [a] is a mythic alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold or silver; [b] it was also known as "the tincture" and "the powder".

  7. Alchemy in art and entertainment - Wikipedia

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    After this, Gareth defeats knights representing the four elements, thereby subsuming their power. In fighting and defeating the Red Knight (the overall purpose of his quest), he undergoes and passes the rubedo phase. Gareth, toward the end of his quest, accepts a ring from his paramour, Lyoness, which transforms his armor into multicolors.

  8. Asheron's Call - Wikipedia

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    The story of Asheron's Call spans across several worlds and thousands of years. The primary worlds in the story are Ispar, the world where the human characters in the game originated, and Auberean, the gigantic world where Dereth, a small island continent and the game's setting, is located.

  9. Haute cuisine - Wikipedia

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    ' high cooking ') or grande cuisine is a style of cooking characterised by meticulous preparation, elaborate presentation, and the use of high quality ingredients. Typically prepared by highly skilled gourmet chefs, haute cuisine dishes are renowned for their high quality and are often offered at premium prices.