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Preparation for Removing Stains

From The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book, 1901

Serves 4

This mixture can remove any kind of stain.

Presented as published in 1901. 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 The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book (1901) by Johnson, Alice A.,, page 92. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

two quarts of pure spring water ; add a lump of ashes of old lees of wine, about the size of a nut, a lump of potash, two sliced lemons

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