To Color Blue
From Twentieth century home cook book, 1905
Serves 1
Use soft water for best results.
Presented as published in 1905. 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 Twentieth century home cook book (1905) by Francis Carruthers, page 183. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
To color blue : For four pounds one ounce prussiatc potash, one ounce copperas, one ounce of alum. Dissolve the alum and copperas in water enough to wet the goods. Then jiut them in the potash, and let them remain ten minutes ; then put in the copperas and alum. Let the dye be hot. To color 3'ellow : Take eight ounces sugar of lead, four ounces bichromate potash. Dissolve the sugar of lead in hot water, in a jar. Dip the goods in the sugar of lead first, and then in the potash, alternately, till j^ou have the color desired. This will color six pounds. Yellow and Blue.^For each pound of cotton rags, take one ounce of sugar of lead, dissolve in warm water, put in a bi'ass or copper kettle. Heat it to a scalding heat and put in the rags. Let them remain in half an hour; then dissolve one ounce of bichromate potash in warm water in a wooden dish. Take the rags out, dip in the potash, wring out and air. Eepeat until you use the dye up. You will have a beau- tiful yellow. Be sure and use soft water. To color blue: to five pounds of cotton rags take five ounces prussiate of potash, five ounces copperas and two ounces oil vitrol
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