White Cosmetic
Ingredients
Directions
Pound the chalk and sift it through a fine silk sieve into the vinegar.
Shake the mixture several times a day for two weeks.
Let it settle, then pour off the vinegar.
Fill the vessel with water and stir well with a wooden spoon.
When the chalk settles, pour off the water.
Repeat the washing process until the chalk is soft and white.
Dry the chalk and store it for use.
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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