[Sca-cooks] Baker's borax

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And for preserving mummies, as I recall.
 
Jim  Chevallier

Comparing early and late medieval food in France
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In a message dated 10/28/2013 12:36:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
ddfr at daviddfriedman.com writes:

According to Wikipedia, it occurs naturally in 
dry lake beds in  Egypt and has been used for thousands of years as a 
cleaning product,  

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