Useful To Keep Preserves

to keep preserves

(from Godey's Ladies Magazine, edited by L.A. Godey, Sarah J. Hale, 1861)

Ingredients:

white of an egg​

white tissue paper​

Instructions:

Apply the white of an egg, with a brush, to a single thickness of white tissue paper; with which cover the jars, lapping over an inch or two. It will require no tying, becoming, when dry, inconceivably tight and strong, and impervious to the air.​