Cleaning Silks or Ribbons
From Original White House Cookbook, 1887
Serves 2
This method is effective for cleaning very soiled silk.
Presented as published in 1887. 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 Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 349. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Half a pint of gin, half a pound of honey, half a pound of soft soap, one-eighth of a pint of water
Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.