Cleaning Silks
From The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book, 1901
Serves 1
For grease stains, use chalk, magnesia, ether, or yolk of an egg with water.
Presented as published in 1901. 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 The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book (1901) by Johnson, Alice A.,, page 89. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Fifty grams of honey, as much soft soap, one gill of brandy. Rip the gown, place in cold water spread on a table, and rub well with a brush dipped in the mixture. Rinse three times in a pail of water, into which sixty- five grams of gum
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