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BLACKING, Matchless

From Consult me, 1902

Serves 1

Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 73. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BLACKING, Matchless. — Take a quarter of a pound of ivory black, two ounces of the coarsest brown sugar, three pints of sour table beer; mix it well together, then throw in a small table-spoonful of sweet oil, and as much vitriolic acid

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