The cook's oracle : containing receipts for plain cookery, on the most economical plan for private families the result of actual experiments instituted / by the late William Kitchiner.

  • Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827
Date:
1869
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Credit: The cook's oracle : containing receipts for plain cookery, on the most economical plan for private families the result of actual experiments instituted / by the late William Kitchiner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TOAST AND WATER. 671. Cut a Crust of Bread off a stale loaf, about twice the thick- ness toast is usually cut-, toast it carefully until it be completely browned all over, but not at all blackened or burnt; pour as much boiling water as you wish to make into drink, into the Jug ; put the Toast into it, and let it stand till it is quite cold : the fresher it is the better. Obs A roll of thin fresh-cut Lemon, or Dried Orange-Peel, or some Currant-Jelly (629), Apples sliced or roasted, &c. infused with the bread, are grateful additions. N.B. If the boiling water be poured on the Bread, it will break it, and make the drink grouty. N.B. This is a refreshing Summer Drink; and when the propor- tion of the fluids is destroyed by profuse perspiration, may be drank plentifully. Let a large jug be made early in the day, it will then become warmed by the heat of the air, and may be drank without danger,—which water. Cold as it comes from the well cannot in Hot weather. OR, 672. To make it more expeditiously, put the bread into a mug, and just cover it with boiling water ; let it stand till cold, then fill it up with cold spring-water, and pour it through a fine sieve. Obs.—The above is a pleasant and excellent beverage, grateful to the Stomach, and deserves a constant place by the Bed-side. TOOTHACHE AND ANTI-RHEUMATIC EM- BROCATION. 673. In no branch of the practice of Physic is there more Dan- gerous Quackery, than in the dental department. To all People theTooTHACHE is an intolerable Torment not even a Philosopher can endure it patiently—what an overcoming agony, then, must it be to a Grand Gourmand !—besides the mortification of being deprived of the means of enjoying that consolation which he looks to as the grand solace for all sublunary cares. When this affliction befalls him, we recommend the following specific for it:— It Sal volatile, three parts. Laudanum, one part. Mix, and rub the part affected frequently, or if the Tooth which aches be hollow, drop some of this on a bit of cotton, and put it into the Tooth ;—for a general Face-ache, or sore Throat, moisten a bit of flannel with it, and put it at night to the part affected.