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To Kill Cockroaches

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Des Moines. Plymouth church. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Kill Cockroaches

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix equal parts of red lead, Indian meal and molasses to a paste, put it on iron plates and set it where they congregate.

  2. TO PREVENT BEDBUGS FROM REMAINING EITHER IN THE HOUSE OR BEDSTEAD.

  3. MRS. M. A. TURNER.

  4. Take two tablespoons of lard and one ounce of quicksil- ver; beat the white of an ^^^^i then stir them all together. With a small brush or stick put this mixture in every crack or crevice where vermin can hide; do this after cleaning house and you will never be troubled with vermin. If you have them already, use corrosive sublimate first. Take off your rings while applying this preparation as it injures gold.

  5. MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS. 261

By Des Moines. Plymouth church. [from old catalog]. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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