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Why it works: Lime and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,332 recipes. Both carry 1-penten-3-one, which smells fish, pungent. The science ↓

Washing Fluid

Ingredients

Directions

  1. One pound of sal soda, one pound of unslacked lime, four quarts soft water. Boil all together in any kettle but an iron one ; when cold and clear, pour off and put in a stone jug. Put one-half cup in water and rub the clothes on the soiled places. Soap well ; put into your boiler one cup of the mixture with sufficient cold water to cover the clothes, boil ten or fifteen minutes, rinse thoroughly, rubbing them if necessary.

  2. In case of sickness the bedding can be thrown into the boiler into which the mixture has been put, having the water boiling hot, taking care to wet them in cold water first,

  3. That you cannot buy silk at the price of cotton.

  4. That gold dollars cannot be had for sixty cents.

  5. That diamonds are worth more than paste.

  6. That cheap goods are the most costly in the end.

  7. That impure ingredients produce poor results.

  8. That pure ingredients produce good results.

  9. That the best is always the cheapest.

  10. That cream tartar is worth more than alum.

  11. That Flint's Star Crystal Baking Powder is absolutely pure.

  12. That it does not contain either alum or ammonia.

  13. That it is a straight cream tartar powder.

  14. That it is of full value in itself and requires no gift enter- prises to help sell it.

  15. When you are buying baking powder buy it, when you want trinkets buy them, they will not help your cooking.

  16. Every article put up by me and branded pure is strict// 'pure, and so guaranteed. By using my pure coffees and spices you get the best, and therefore make no mistake.

  17. J. G. FLINT.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

60Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Clarke, Mary Lamson. [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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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lime + sugartop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

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