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Rice Water for Washing Challies

From Mrs. Seely's Cook Book: A Manual of French and American Cookery : with .., 1902

Serves 1

If no rinsing is used, the rice will have a good effect upon the fabric.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • one pound of rice
  • five quarts of water

Method

  1. Boil the rice in the water.

  2. When somewhat cool, put the challies in with the rice and the rice water and wash well, using the rice much as you would soap.

Nutrition per serving

1656Calories
32 gProtein
363 gCarbs
3 gFat

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Seely's Cook Book: A Manual of French and American Cookery : with .. (1902) by Lida Seely, page 26. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Rioe Water for washin^ Ohalliea Rice water is about the best thing to use in washing chal» lies. Boil one pound of rìce in Ave quarts of water

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