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Boot Ointment

From A bachelors cupboard, 1906

This ointment makes the boots impervious to dampness and extends their life in mud or snow.

Presented as published in 1906. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from A bachelors cupboard (1906) by A. Lyman Phillips, page 78. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

four ounces of lard, four ounces of olive oil, and one ounce of caoutchouc

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