Red Wash for Bricks
From Ransom's family receipt book, 1886, 1886
Repeat pouring boiling water over bricks for a few days to remove green.
Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Ransom's family receipt book, 1886 (1886) by D. Ransom, Son & Co, page 26. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
ED WASH FOR BRICKS. — To remove the green that gathers oh bricks, pour over tnem Doiling water in which any vegetables, dot greasy, have been boiled. Repeat for a few days, and green will disappear. For the red wash melt 1 ounce of glue in 1 gallon water; while hot add alum size of egg, % pound Venetian red, 1 pound Spanish Drown
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