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Mrs. John Scobell recipe collection manuscript, Reynolds lodging, January 6, 1803
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To Make Good Blacking (Miss Liz [Hampe?]) Take one ounce of Oil of Vitriol, and one of olive oil, and pour them into a Lea Cup, that the burning qualities of the former, my each oust themselves before they are added to the blacking. Let them stand in a Tea Cup one hour. Take 4 Ounces of Ivory Black, and eight oz of Treacle, mix them very Smooth with a spoon in an earthen pan, then add by degrees a pint, and half of Vinegar, and last of all the two Oils. Put your Blacking in Bottles, and Cork them down. You must not fill your bottles above two thirds full, because as the Ivory Black will Sink to the bottom, it is necessary always to Shake the bottle before you use the blacking. The whole art of making this Blacking consists in its being
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To Make Good Blacking (Miss Liz [Hampe?]) Take one ounce of Oil of Vitriol, and one of olive oil, and pour them into a Lea Cup, that the burning qualities of the former, my each oust themselves before they are added to the blacking. Let them stand in a Tea Cup one hour. Take 4 Ounces of Ivory Black, and eight oz of Treacle, mix them very Smooth with a spoon in an earthen pan, then add by degrees a pint, and half of Vinegar, and last of all the two Oils. Put your Blacking in Bottles, and Cork them down. You must not fill your bottles above two thirds full, because as the Ivory Black will Sink to the bottom, it is necessary always to Shake the bottle before you use the blacking. The whole art of making this Blacking consists in its being
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