Important: Safety Warning
This page directs the use of hazardous substances — such as benzine, gasoline, lye, or strong acids — for household tasks. These materials are highly flammable, corrosive, or poisonous, and the practices described have caused fires, burns, and poisonings.
In addition, this page recommends preserving food with chemicals such as salicylic acid, borax, or formaldehyde. These substances are toxic when eaten, and their use in food is now prohibited.
This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon.
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To Preserve Grease
Boil all the scraps, rinds, and bones, in a weak lye, and the purer grease in clear water. Let the mixture cool, take off the cake of grease, and strain it. It is well to do this occasionally, as you save it; for when kept a long time impure grease becomes offensive. You must be careful to dry off all the water before laying 531. To Prevent Fatty Substances it away in the grease tub, if you wish it to from Turning Rancid. Boil for about 10 keep sweet. The best plan to collect dripping minutes with the salt and alum solution, as is to put it while warm into water nearly in last receipt; strain the water off, and then cold. Any impurities it may contain will gently simmer the clarified fat with 4 ounces benzoin and 1 gallon rose water; skim off and let it cool. Fat thus treated will keep for years.