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Gooseberry Vinegar Take the gooseberries when full ripe, stamp the small to every quart put three quarts of water; stir them well together; let it stand twenty four hours; then strain it through a canvas bag - To every Gallon of liquor add one pound of brown sugar, & stir them well together before you barrel your liquor The old bright yellow English Gooseberrys are the best. Page 191. Mrs. Greg's receipt book. To take Mildew from Linen Take soap & rub it well, then scrape some fine cloth, & rub that also in the linen, lay it on the grass, as it dries wet it a little, & it will come out at twice doing - ditto page 169. To make Lady Darby's soap. Two ounces of bitter almonds blanched, one ounce and quarter of tincture of benjamin, one pound of good plain white soap, & one piece of Camphor the size of a walnut. The Almonds & Camphor are to be beaten in a mortar until they are completely mixed, then work up with them the tincture of benjamin. The mixture being perfectly made work the soap into it in the same manner. If the smell is too powerful of the Camphor & tincture of benjamin, melt [illegible] soap the fire, & the perfume will go off. Page 195.
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Gooseberry Vinegar Take the gooseberries when full ripe, stamp the small to every quart put three quarts of water; stir them well together; let it stand twenty four hours; then strain it through a canvas bag - To every Gallon of liquor add one pound of brown sugar, & stir them well together before you barrel your liquor The old bright yellow English Gooseberrys are the best. Page 191. Mrs. Greg's receipt book. To take Mildew from Linen Take soap & rub it well, then scrape some fine cloth, & rub that also in the linen, lay it on the grass, as it dries wet it a little, & it will come out at twice doing - ditto page 169. To make Lady Darby's soap. Two ounces of bitter almonds blanched, one ounce and quarter of tincture of benjamin, one pound of good plain white soap, & one piece of Camphor the size of a walnut. The Almonds & Camphor are to be beaten in a mortar until they are completely mixed, then work up with them the tincture of benjamin. The mixture being perfectly made work the soap into it in the same manner. If the smell is too powerful of the Camphor & tincture of benjamin, melt [illegible] soap the fire, & the perfume will go off. Page 195.
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