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
ANOTHER, TO DRINK COLD.—Take one pound of lean beef, clear it from every
particle of skin, fat, or sinew, rasp or divide it into very small
pieces; then put it into a jar, and pour a quart of boiling water upon
it; plunge the jar into a kettle of boiling water, let it stand by the
side of the fire, but not near enough to simmer, and allow it to grow
cold. Then strain the beef tea through a muslin sieve, and, if the
patient be very delicate, filter it through blotting-paper. This tea
is to be taken when cold, and will remain upon the stomach when other
nourishment fails; it may be given to infants.
EGGS.—An egg broken into a cup of tea, or beaten and mixed with a basin
of milk, makes a breakfast more supporting than tea alone. An egg
divided, and the yolk and white beaten separately, will afford two very
wholesome draughts, and prove lighter than when taken together. Eggs
very little boiled, or poached, taken in small quantities, convey much
nourishment; the yolk only, when dressed, should be eaten by invalids.
STEW FOR PERSONS IN WEAK HEALTH.—Cut veal into slices, and put them into
an earthen jar, with sliced turnips, and a little salt; cover closely,
set the jar up to the neck in boiling water, and stew till the meat is
tender.
DOMESTIC MANIPULATION.
Under the head of Domestic Manipulation, we propose giving a series of
instructions on the numerous and essential manual operations that are
constantly being required in every family, and which, whether they are
well or ill done, must of necessity be performed. The term Domestic
Manipulation, employed in the widest sense, would include all the manual
operations required in a house, but we propose to limit it to such as
partake in a slight degree of a chemical or other scientific character;
thus the operations of Filtering, Decanting, Weighing, Measuring,
Bottling, Corking, Unstoppering, Pounding, Heating, Boiling, Distilling,
Cementing, &c., &c., will be included; whilst Dusting, Washing, and
Scrubbing, though no less, in strictness, manipulations, will be passed
over in silence. These general directions will be followed by a number
of Receipts and Hints tried and recommended by numerous intelligent
Housekeepers.
I.
CLEANING, DRYING, CORKING, TYING DOWN, STOPPERING, AND UNSTOPPERING.
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