SC - tallow candles - OT

[Cindy Renfrow]

>From Plat's Delights for Ladies, 1609:

39. A Delicate Candle for a Ladies Table.
Cause your duch Candles to bee dipped in Virgin wax, so as their last coat
may bee meerly wax:  and by this meanes you may carry them in your hand
without melting, and the sent of the tallow will not break thorow to giue
offence:  but if you would haue them to resemble yellow wax-candles, then
first let the tallow be coloured with Turmerick boyled therein, and
strained:  and after your Candles haue beene dipped therein to a sufficient
greatnesse, let them take their last coat from yellow wax:  this may be
done in a great round Cane of tinplate, hauing a bottome, and being
somewhat deeper than the length of your candles:  and as the waxe spendeth,
you may still supply it with more.

HTH,

Cindy/Sincgiefu
renfrow at skylands.net


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