To Wash Silk Handkerchiefs
From The hearthstone; or, Life at home, 1883
Serves 1
A teaspoonful of spirits of ammonia in the rinse-water will restore rusty black goods.
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 hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 192. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
To Wash Silk Handkerchiefs. — Wash them in cold rain-water with a little curd soap ; then rinse them in rain-water — cold — slightly colored with stone-blue ; wring well, and stretch them out on a mat- tress, tacking them out tightly. They will look as good as new if carefully washed. A teaspoonful of spirits of ammonia
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