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Glycerine and Egg Yolk Mixture for Hands

From Original White House Cookbook, 1887

Serves 1

Considered excellent for softening the hands.

Presented as published in 1887. 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 Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 370. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Four parts of glycerine and five parts of yolks of eggs

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.