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Oyster- Shell Lime - Water

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Oyster- Shell Lime - Water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Burn the oyster-shells in a strong fire until red hot and thoroughly calcined.

  2. Immediately throw the hot shells into a gallon of cold water.

  3. Let the mixture stand for four hours, stirring well.

  4. Filter the liquid through paper and bottle it, corking tightly for use.

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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