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Formula for Preserving

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Formula for Preserving

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Melt the stearine at a gentle heat without boiling.

  2. Stir in the carbolic acid thoroughly.

  3. Add the melted paraffine and mix well until cool.

  4. Seal the mixture in jars or crocks until ready for use.

  5. To make medicated paper, melt the mixture again and apply it to white or manila wrapping paper with a brush.

  6. For coating vegetables and eggs, apply the mixture with a brush when it is cool enough to use without being waxy or gummy.

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.

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