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Ants, White, to keep away

From The complete Indian housekeeper & cook, 1898

Indigo in the concrete is said to be efficacious.

Presented as published in 1898. 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 complete Indian housekeeper & cook (1898) by Flora Annie Webster Steel, page 41. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Ants, White, to keep away. — Tar the floor with thin tar. Infallible, and cleanly. Indigo in the concrete

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