An Old Family Recipe to Make Old Plate Look Like New

Name: An Old Family Recipe to Make Old Plate Look Like New
Ingredients: Take of unslaked lime and alum a pound each; Take of unslaked lime and alum a pound each; of aqua vitae and vinegar each a pint; of aqua vitae and vinegar each a pint; and of beer grounds two quarts

From The housekeeper's companion, 1883

The plate is best polished by the naked hand, but the operation gives some pain to the rubber.

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 housekeeper's companion (1883), page 151. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

An Old Family Recipe to Make Old Plate Look Like New. —Take of unslaked lime and alum a pound each; of aqua vitae and vinegar each a pint; and of beer grounds two quarts

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.