Washing Fluid
From The Edwardsville cook book, 1906
Presented as published in 1906. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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As published
This recipe was extracted from The Edwardsville cook book (1906), page 57. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
WASHING FLUID. Mrs. A. Stubbs. One can Babbit’s Potash, dissolved in 6 quarts boiling water. Let this get cold, then add 5 cents’ worth of salts of tartar and a ^5 cent bottle of ammonia. Soak clothes over night, then rub soap on the parts most 180 THE EDWARDSVILLE COOK BOOK. soiled and boil 20 minutes or half an hour in a boiler of water with a half cup of the liquid and half a cake of soap
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