To Wash Carpets
From The new home cook book, 1896
Serves 1
The particles of potato will help cleanse.
Presented as published in 1896. 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 new home cook book (1896), page 149. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
TO WASH CAEPETS. E. A. Forsyth. Spread the carpet where you can use a brush; take Irish potatoes and scrape them into a pail or tub of water and let them stand over night, using one peck to clean a large carpet ; two pails of water is sufficient to let them stand in, and you can add more when ready to use; add two ounces of beef gall
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