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To Remove Scorches

From The housekeeper's companion, 1883
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 153. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

To Remove Scorches. — Scorches made by over-heated flat irons can be removed from linen by spreading over the scorched cloth a paste made of the juice pressed from two onions, one-half ounce of white soap, two ounces of fuller's earth, and half a pint of vinegar

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