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Ivory Blacking for Shoes

From Buckeye cookery, 1892

Serves 1

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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As published

This recipe was extracted from Buckeye cookery (1892), page 327. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Ivory BuLackING For SHoxrs. — Four ounces ivory-black, three ouncern coarsest sugar, one table-spoon sweet-oil, one pint small beer

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