laundry starch

To make the starch take ordinary laundry starch and dissolve one cupful in one pint of cold water.

When done it should be about the consistency of laundry starch made for collars and cuffs.

Add a cup of ordinary, cooked laundry starch for every gallon of water in the bath.

The idea of starchy foods is usually connected with such substances as laundry starch, cornstarch, arrow root, etc.