The new, universal, and complete confectioner, or, The whole art of confectionary made perfectly plain and easy ... The whole revised, corrected, and improved / by Mrs. Elizabeth Price.

  • Price, Elizabeth, Mrs.
Date:
[1780?]
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Credit: The new, universal, and complete confectioner, or, The whole art of confectionary made perfectly plain and easy ... The whole revised, corrected, and improved / by Mrs. Elizabeth Price. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    are almoft diy; and preFerve the witer thus obtained in bottles wfll flowed. ’^rhis •water has been-long famous'both at ioaiowj and i*am, and carried thence to mod parts ot Er/rope. It-is a rery elcganrcolrdiai, and very extraordinary virtues arc at- ttibuted to it; for it is efteemed very efficacious not only in lowncFs of fpirits but even in apoplexies; and is greatly commended in cafes of the gout in the ftomach. join china. Take oyfter-Qiell pcAvder and the white of an egg, beat It as fine as poffible; tlien mix tlie powder and the white of an egg, as thick as white painty then take your, china, and lay it on.pretty thick; and then hold it olofe with your hands befoie a good fire, till the china is hot, and it’will be • Ikftefled in two minutes, then pour boiling^water into it diredly; then wipe it dry, and with a penknife fcrapc it' clean on both fides, and it will appear only as a srack ; you nauft be very quick in doiqg it, otherwife the remainder,- ftat is left'to join-jhe reft of the china will grow hard and be of no uTej^. if either the heat of the fue or wind comes ■ near it. To joinglafs. Take alabafter, pound -it and rub it in a mortar with the pcftle ; then fift it through a fine ia,g, and mix it with the white of an egg, as you do for the chiiia; join jt, and hold it at a proper diftance froin the fire, fo as not to break the glafs; then with a- penknife fcrape otf what lhicks without fide. N. 5.. Gumatabic fteeped m boiling water, maifctoa. proper thicknefs, will do the fame tiring. Hmu to 'mait thea^Jigr-JheUpsnvcier. Take a large d«p Ihell; put it in the middle of a very, ^od clear fire, and burn It; till it Is red hot ; then care- lully take it out with a pair of tongs : fcrape all the black away, and then pound it in the mortar, till it is as fine as a powder; then fift-it through a fine linen rag, till you have made it as fine as you pollibly can.