The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private FamiliesEaton, Mary, active 1823-1849
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The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
Eaton, Mary, active 1823-1849
Cooking, English; Formulas, recipes, etc.; Home economics
ICEING FOR CAKES. Beat and sift half a pound of fine sugar, put it into
a mortar with four spoonfuls of rose water, and the whites of two eggs
beaten and strained. Whisk it well, and when the cake is almost cold,
dip a feather in the iceing, and cover the cake well. Set it in the oven
to harden, but suffer it not to remain to be discoloured, and then keep
it in a dry place.--For a very large cake, beat up the whites of twenty
fresh eggs, and reduce to powder a pound of double refined sugar, sifted
through a lawn sieve. Mix these well in a deep earthen pan, add orange
flower water, barely sufficient to give it a flavour, and a piece of
fresh lemon peel. Whisk it for three hours till the mixture is thick and
white, then with a thin broad piece of board spread it all over the top
and sides, and set it in a cool oven, and an hour will harden it.
ICEING FOR TARTS. Beat well together the yolk of an egg and some melted
butter, smear the tarts with a feather, and sift sugar over them as they
are put into the oven. Or beat up the white of an egg, wash the paste
with it, and sift over some white sugar.
ILIAC PASSION. This dangerous malady, in which the motion of the bowels
is totally impeded or inverted, arises from spasms, violent exertions of
the body, eating of unripe fruit, drinking of sour liquors, worms,
obstinate costiveness, and various other causes, which produce the most
excruciating pain in the region of the abdomen. Large blisters applied
to the most painful part, emollient clysters, fomentations, and the warm
bath, are amongst the most likely means; but in many instances, this
disorder is not to be controuled by medicine. No remedy however can be
applied with greater safety or advantage, than frequent doses of castor
oil: and if this fail, quicksilver in a natural state is the only
medicine on which any reliance can be placed.
IMPERIAL. Put into a stone jar two ounces of cream of tartar, and the
juice and paring of two lemons. Pour on them seven quarts of boiling
water, stir it well, and cover it close. When cold, sweeten it with loaf
sugar; strain, bottle, and cork it tight. This makes a very pleasant and
wholesome liquor; but if drunk too freely, it becomes injurious. In
bottling it off, add half a pint of rum to the whole quantity.
IMPERIAL CREAM. Boil a quart of cream with the thin rind of a lemon, and
stir it till nearly cold. Have ready in a dish or bowl, in which it is
to be served, the juice of three lemons strained, mixed with as much
sugar as will sweeten the cream. Pour this into the dish from a large
tea-pot, holding it high, and moving it about to mix with the juice. It
should be made at least six hours before it is used; and if the day
before, it would be still better.
IMPERIAL WATER. Put into an earthen pan, four ounces of sugar, and the
rind of three lemons. Boil an ounce of cream of tartar in three quarts
of water, and pour it on the sugar and lemon. Let it stand all night,
clear it through a bag, and bottle it.
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