The housekeeper's instructor; or, general receipt book, for the use of families.

Date:
1843
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The housekeeper's instructor; or, general receipt book, for the use of families. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fine Ginger Cakes for cold Weather* Break three eggs, beat them well, then add half a pint ®£ cream, which must also be beaten, put it over the fire, and stir it till it gets warm, then add 1 pound of butter, half & pound of loaf sugar, 2 ounces and a half of ginger, both powdered; carefully stirring the whole over a slow fire,just to melt all the butter^ pour it on 2 pounds of Hour, and form it all into a good paste, roll it or break it in pieces, as you think proper, and bake it. To make the celebrated French Polish for Furniture. If the article to be polished has been previously waxed, it must be cleaned off with glass paper. To one pint of spirit of wine add half an ounce of gum sheliack, half an ounce of gum lac, and half an ounce of gum sandrick; place the whole over a gentle heat, frequently agitating it till the gums are dissolved. Then make a roller of list, put a little of th© mixture upon it, and cover that with a soft linen rag, which must be slightly touched with cold drawn linseed oil. Hub them info the wood in a circular direction, covering only s small portion at a ti;ne, till the pores of the wood are filled tip. After this rub in, in the same manner, spirits of wine with a small portion of the polish added to it, and the effect will be complete. To extract Oil from Wood or Slone. Make a strong ley of pearl ash and soft water, adding so much, unslacked lime as it will take up. Stir this mixture Together, and letjjLt settle a few minutes; bottle if and stop it elese. Have ready some water to weaken it as used, and scour the part with it quickly. I'o give a fine Colour to Mahogany. Use the following liquid:—Into a pint of cold-drawn lin¬ seed oil pat four pennyworth of alkanet root, and two pen¬ nyworth of rose pink, in an earthen vessel: let it remain all sight, then stirring it well, rub some of it over your furni¬ ture with a linen rag, when it has lain seme time, r&b it with & linen cloth.