Softening Hard Water
From Household hints, 1881
Presented as published in 1881. 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 Household hints (1881) by Emma Whitcomb Babcock, page 44. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
half a teacupful of wood-ashes into a woolen bag ; cover this with cotton cloth to prevent ashes sifting out
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