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lye as long as it swells or gets frothy. When it begins to thicken dilute with
weaker lye, and continue boiling until it becomes long and sticky. Now take a
spoonful of the soap and put into a bowl of stone, add as much water and a pinch
of salt; stir and let cool. If it then turns hard in the bowl pour a quart of
salt in the kettle. Then pour the soap into a wooden vessel, and water is added;
stir for 2 hours. If to loose, add salt, stir again.
Burned sugar to color sauces.
Some pieces of sugar are to be dipped in water and then put in a candy or frying
pan. Place this over fire to boil until the sugar turns brown or black. But it
must not burn too hard, as it then leaves no coloring matter Dilute the sugar
with water and let it boil again. Then bottle it and use for coloring bouillons,
sauces, etc.
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