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Bleaching Flannels

From The hearthstone; or, Life at home, 1883

Serves 1

This solution imparts a beautiful and lasting whiteness to flannels.

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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As published

This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 190. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Bleaching Flannels. — A solution of one and one-quarter of a pound of white soap and three-eighths of an ounce of spirits of ammonia, dissolved in twelve gallons of soft water

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