Candle Dipping
From The Pocumtuc Housewife, a Guide to Domestic Cookery as it is Practised in ..., 1906
Beeswax can be added to the tallow for harder candles.
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This recipe was extracted from The Pocumtuc Housewife, a Guide to Domestic Cookery as it is Practised in ... (1906) by [name missing], page 18. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Candle Dipping. The young girls in the family who are learning to spin can practice on the candle wicking. Keep a supply on hand by having them do it at odd tinies. Tow does very well for common candles. Buy a little cotton for the best ones. Cut the wicking by winding it around a board of the proper length, and 50 running a sharp knife across the end. Put six wicks on each candle rod, doubling and twirling each one. Dip them in alum water to keep the candles from run- ning. Place two long poles across the kitchen a foot or more apart, resting the ends on chair backs at a convenient height from the floor, and put an old board under them to catch the drips. Melt the tallow
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