The practical housewife : $b A complete encyclopædia of domestic economy and family medical guidePhilp, Robert Kemp
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The practical housewife : $b A complete encyclopædia of domestic economy and family medical guide
Philp, Robert Kemp
Formulas, recipes, etc.; Home economics; Medicine, Popular
SAGO MILK.—Cleanse as above, and boil it slowly, and wholly with new
milk. It swells so much, that a small quantity will be sufficient for a
quart, and when done it will be diminished to about a pint. It requires
no sugar or flavouring.
GROUND RICE MILK.—Boil one spoonful of ground rice, rubbed down smooth,
with one pint and a half of milk, a bit of cinnamon, lemon-peel and
nutmeg. Sweeten when nearly done.
RESTORATIVE MILK.—Boil a quarter of an ounce of isinglass in a pint of
new milk till reduced to half, and sweeten.
SUET MILK.—Cut one ounce of mutton or veal suet into shavings, and
warm it slowly over the fire in a pint of milk, adding a little grated
lemon-peel, cinnamon, and loaf sugar.
IMITATION OF ASSES’ MILK.—Boil together equal quantities of new milk and
water; sweeten with white sugar-candy, and strain.—Or, Stir into a gill
each of milk and boiling water a well-beaten egg, and sweeten with white
sugar-candy.
BARLEY MILK.—Boil half a pound of washed pearl-barley in one quart of
milk and half a pint of water, and sweeten: boil it again, and drink it
when almost cold.
BAKED MILK.—Is much recommended for consumption. The milk should be put
into a moderately warm oven, and be left in it all night.
CALF’S FEET AND MILK.—Put into a jar two calf’s feet with a little
lemon-peel, cinnamon, or mace, and equal quantities of milk and water to
cover them; tie over closely, and set in a slack oven for about three
hours; when cold, take off the fat: and sweeten and warm as required.
SHEEP’S TROTTERS.—Simmer six sheep’s trotters, two blades of mace, a
little cinnamon, lemon-peel, a few hartshorn shavings, and a little
isinglass, in two quarts of water to one; when cold, take off the fat,
and give nearly half a pint twice a day, warming with it a little new
milk.
ISINGLASS.—Boil one ounce of isinglass shavings, forty Jamaica
peppercorns, and a bit of brown crust of bread, in a quart of water, to a
pint, and strain it. This makes a pleasant jelly to keep in the house; of
which a large spoonful may be taken in wine and water, milk, tea, soup,
or any way most agreeable.
GLOUCESTER JELLY.—Boil in two quarts of water till reduced to one
quart, the following ingredients: hartshorn shavings, isinglass, barley
and rice, one ounce of each. When this jelly, which is light and very
nourishing, is to be taken, a few table-spoonfuls of it must be dissolved
in a little milk, together with a bit of cinnamon, lemon-peel, and sugar.
It will be very good without the seasoning.
BREAD JELLY.—Cut the crumb of a penny roll into thin slices, and toast
them equally of a pale brown; boil them gently in a quart of water till
it will jelly, which may be known by putting a little in a spoon to cool;
strain it upon a bit of lemon-peel, and sweeten it with sugar.
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