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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.