Chinese Starch Polish

Ingredients

• 2 pounds of paraffine
• 1/2 ounce oil of citronelli
• a flat tin pan, and oil it with a little sweet oil
• about 1/2 inch thick

Method

1. 1

   Melt the paraffine with gentle heat.

2. 2

   After melting, remove from fire and add oil of citronelli.

3. 3

   Prepare a flat tin pan with sweet oil or water to prevent sticking.

4. 4

   Before it hardens, mark it off into small squares and cut into 2-inch blocks.

5. 5

   Package 4 squares in boxes to sell at 10 cents each.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Burlington ladies cook book & 25 secrets of success (1901), page 31. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2 pounds of paraffine; be careful that you do not burn it, after melted take otf of the fire; and add % ounce oil of citronelli, have a flat tin pan ready, and oil it with a little sweet oi

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