Robin wrote:
I believe milk was used to darken, not lighten the lace. Milk is used to brown
crusts on baked goods and can be used like lemon juice as an "invisible ink"
that appears when heated. The speaker (in the book) also compares using milk
to make the lace "cream" instead of the darker "yell
--- Susan Reishus wrote:
Buttermilk was a revelation! You think it is true? The fermented quality of
the O2, which is used as leavening, was perhaps a remote cousin to enzyme and
oxygen cleaners of today? I am not a chemist, but layman's take, overly
simplified; cleansing, softening and res
Cranford was written in the middle of the 19th century and is a novel so
everything should not be believed!! Jeri Ames has warned repeatedly not to
try these old remedies for washing and starching lace. The quotation I sent
is from the book Cranston. I have always thought it amusing but do not
re
I've taped it because it was on over a series of Sunday evenings and I
didn't think my friend would enjoy it. It is the book we studied for GCE's
(final leaving exams to those in US and other places). I thought I'd be
interested in seeing it on film and see how much of it I remembered 50 years
"(put) pussy in, with her forefeet straight down, so that they were
fastened, and could not scratch, and we gave her a teaspoonful of
currant-jelly in which (your ladyship must excuse me) I had mixed some
tartar emetic."
Not only was the lace saved, but also the life of the cat, as "string" and
int
My wife and I have been avid watchers of this series. We are
costumers as well and always looking for inspiration. Of course I am
always on the look out for lace or lace references with these type of
programs. Thanks, Jeanette,for posting that hilarious exerpt from
the book. :)
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Mark, aka T
On Nov 19, 2007, at 6:31, Diana Smith wrote:
[...] I'm not sure about the highly prized piece left to clean in
buttermilk and eaten by the cat - later 'retrieved' !!
Proof positive that lace is much stronger than it looks :)
--
Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/
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