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Fine Starch for Shirt Bosoms

From Buckeye cookery, 1892

Serves 1

Iron under thin muslin for better results.

Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Buckeye cookery (1892), page 295. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

add a piece of ‘‘ Enamel” the size of a hazel-nut; if this is not at hand use a table-spoon gum-arabie solution (made by pouring boiling water upon gum-arabic and standing un. til clear and transparent), ora piece of clean mutton-tallow half the size of a nutmeg and a tea-spoon of salt

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