Washing Black Silk Stockings
From The household (of the Detroit free press), 1886
Serves 1
Smooth them with a cool iron on the wrong side to retain color.
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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This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 211. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
a cool iron on the wrong side. If carefully and quickly done in this way, black silk stockings will retain their color. Black merino stockings should be washed twice in a lather of milk- warm water, and no soap rubbed on them. Rinse in cold water with salt in it
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