To Give Pine an Oak Color
From The household (of the Detroit free press), 1886
Serves 1
The color may remain undimmed for several years with occasional oiling.
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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Method
As published
This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 326. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
To give pine an oak color : Wash the wood carefully in a solution of copperas dissolved in strong lye, in the proportion of a pound of cop- peras to a gallon of lye
Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.