Apple Marmalade, 118

Beef, 122

Blanc Manger, 118

Brass Kettles, 115

Bread without yeast, 117

Bruises, 116

Burns, 116

Butter, tainted, 114

Cancers, 116

Candles, 114

Carving, Directions for, 122, 123

Cheese, 121

Chloride of Lime, 117

Cocoa-nut Cakes, 119

Cologne Water, 117

Corns, 117

Cranberry Jelly, 119

Cream, 114

Currants, green, preserved, 114

Custards, rich, 119

Ear-Wax, 116

Eggs, 121

Eggs in winter, 117

Feathers, 115

Flowers, 115

Frosting for Cake, 120

Furniture, 114

Grease Spots, 117

Heart-Burn, 117

Horse-Flies, 115

Icy Steps, 115

Ink Spots, 115

Lobster Salad, 120

Mutton, 121

Oysters escaloped and fried, 120

Oysters, Vegetable, 121

Partridges, 121

Peaches, preserved, 119

Pearls, 117

Piles, 116

Pine Apples, 115

Pork, 122

Pork Jelly, 119

Pumpkin Pies, 115

Pumpkin, dried, 115

Quince Marmalade, 118

Raspberry Jam, 118

Rice Jelly, 118

Sore Nipples, 116

Starch, 115

Sugar, clarified, 20, 119

Teeth, 114

Tomatoes Pie, 114

Varnishing Gilded Frames, 117

Veal, 121

Warts, 116

Wasp-Sting, 116

Wedding Cake, rich, 119, 120

Whips, 120

White-washing, 115


Footnote 1:(return)

There are two kinds of green paint; one is of no use in destroying insects.

Footnote 2:(return)

Some think it an improvement to make whey of vinegar and milk, and heat it well up with the eggs before the lime is put in. I have heard of iron mended with it.

Footnote 3:(return)

Among the numerous medicines for this disease, perhaps none, after all, is better, particularly where the bowels are inflamed, than the old-fashioned one of English-mallows steeped in milk, and drank freely. Everybody knows, of course, that English-mallows and marsh-mallows are different herbs.

Footnote 4:(return)

This plant resembles the poisonous kill-lamb, both in the shape and the glossiness of the leaves: great care should be used to distinguish them.