Photo: Sorin Gheorghita
Ingredients
- half pound of sugar
- one pound of white glue
- one pound of white lead
- one pint of rain water
- two table-spoonfuls of soda to each gallon
- one pin< of alcohol
Directions
1
Make brine strong enough to bear an egg ; add a half pound of sugar and two table-spoonfuls of soda to each gallon ; strain, and pour it over the butter, which must be rolled in cloth, and kept under the brine.
2
AMERICAN CEMENT. One pound of white glue, one pound of white lead, one pin< of alcohol, one pint of rain water. In a tin dish, over the stove, put the water, alcohol, and glue, until the latter is dissolved; then add the lead; stir until it is the consistency of cream.— Mrs. Northcott.
By Vehling, Joseph Dommers, 1879-1950. fmo ·
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