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Bleaching Process

From The hearthstone; or, Life at home, 1883

Serves 1

Dampen occasionally to achieve a very white finish.

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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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 197. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Bleaching Process. — Two pounds of sal-soda and half a pound of chloride of lime. Put half a gallon of water to the lime and let it stand all night. In the morning dissolve the soda in three and a half gallons of water

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