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Removing Grease from Carpets

From The housekeeper's companion, 1883

Ensure to keep moving the blotting paper to absorb all grease.

Presented as published in 1883. 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 The housekeeper's companion (1883), page 145. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Removing Grease from Carpets. — Half a wineglassful of fuller's earth, half a wineglassful of magnesia. Mix the above in a basin with boiling water

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