BUTTER COLOR
Reading edition
Pure Cottonseed Oil 100 lbs.
Purified Annatto 10 ”
Alcohol ½ pt.
Digest twenty-four hours, or boil for thirty minutes. Draw off, then filter, add the ½ pint alcohol; shake well; warm it before putting in bottles; cork, and seal well.
Butter Color.
The following is a cheaper color:
Water 12½ gals.
Annatto, purified 10 lbs.
Caustic Potassa 1 ”
Borax 1 ”
Mix, and proceed as above.