Boiling Water Starch
From Girl's home manual of cookery, home management, home nursing and laundry, 1913
If very thick starch is desired, double the quantity of starch and use the same amount of water.
Presented as published in 1913. 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 Girl's home manual of cookery, home management, home nursing and laundry (1913) by Annie Bessie Juniper, British Columbia. Ministry of Education, page 97. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
boiling water starch, but the latter gives a clearer appearance to the clothes. Starch Recipes. Boiling Water Starch: Two tablespoonfuls starch (equals one-quarter cupful). One level teaspoonful borax dissolved in one tablespoonful boiling water. A few shreds laundry wax or candle. Four tablespoonfuls cold water. One quart boiling water
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