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CLEANING SINKS

2 ingredients 3 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

168
Calories
0g
Protein
14g
Fat
13g
Carbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 2 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Peppermint not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • four pounds of washing soda have been dissolved
  • three ounces of oil of peppermint into a pail of boiling hot water

Directions

1

To purify greasy sinks and pipes, pour down a pailful of boiling water in which three or four pounds of washing soda have been dissolved. A disinfectant is prepared in the same way, using copperas. Copperas is a poison and should not be left about.

2

_Leaks in Waste Pipes:_--Shut yourself into a room from which the pipe starts. Put two or three ounces of oil of peppermint into a pail of boiling hot water and pour down the pipe. Another person who has not yet inhaled the strong odor should follow the course of the pipe through the house. The peppermint will be pretty sure to discover a break that even an expert plumber might overlook.

3

_The Examiner._

By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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