Regency Household: Making and Using Starch

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The beft Method of making and using Starch Moiften the quantity of ftarch you want to ufe ac cording to the quantity of your cloaths with water and put as much ftone blue as is neceffary When the ftarch and blue are properly mixed then let the whole boil together a quarter of an hour longer taking care to keep ftirring it because that makes it much ftiffer and is better for the linen Such things as you would have moft ftiff ought to be put firit into the water and you may weaken the ftarch by pouring a litttle water upon it Starch ought to be boiled in a copper veffel because it requires much boiling and tin is apt to make it burn Some people mix their ftarch
ftarch with allom or gum arabic nothing is fo good as ifinglass and an ounce of it fufficient to a quarter of a pound

Recipe and tips for starch appeared The Ladies Best Companion; Or, a Golden Treasure for the Fair Sex (1800).

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