Dr. Ewell's Wall-Paper Cleaner
From Paul Richards' book of breads, cakes, pastries, ices and sweetmeats, 1907
Serves 1
Used for cleaning expensive wall paper.
Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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As published
This recipe was extracted from Paul Richards' book of breads, cakes, pastries, ices and sweetmeats (1907) by Paul Richards, page 172. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
DR. EWELL'S WALL-PAPER CLEANER. Dissolve one tablespoonful of blue vitriol in one pint of boiling water; while boiling, stir in suffi- cient winter wheat flour to make a firm paste. Then mix and work into it by kneading, two spoonfuls of pearline, one spoonful of glycerine, two spoonfuls of oil of sassafras
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