A Famous Washing Fluid
From The hearthstone; or, Life at home, 1883
Serves 1
This method makes clothes beautifully white with little labor.
Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 192. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
A FAMOUS washing fluid is made by boiling one pound of sal-soda with half a pound of unslaked lime in a gallon of water twenty min- utes. Drain off when cool, and put the liquid in a stone jar. Put a teacupful in the water
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