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Waterproof Cardboard

From Recipes for the million, 1891

Serves 1

Presented as published in 1891. 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 Recipes for the million (1891), page 223. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WATERPROOF CARDBOARD, To Manufacture. — Dissolve half a pound of alum and a quarter of a pound of white Castile soap in two quarts of water ; next dissolve separately a quarter of a pound of glue and two ounces of gum-arabic

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