The Skillful Housewife's Book: Or Complete Guide to Domestic Cookery ... With Valuable Additions, by an English HousekeeperOrange Judd & Company, 1852 - 216 Seiten |
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alum apples bake beat beef black pepper boiling water bread CAKE Cayenne pepper chopped cinnamon clean cloth cloves cold water color cooked cool cover custard deep dish dish dissolved drachms drawn butter eggs fire flavor flour fresh fruit ginger grated gravy gum arabic half a pint half a pound half an hour half an ounce isinglass jelly juice keep laudanum layer lemon let it boil little salt loaf sugar meat melted butter milk minutes molasses never nice nutmeg ounce oven pared pearlash peel pepper pickle piece pint pork potatoes pound of flour pound of sugar powdered PUDDING quart quarter rind rose water sauce scald season seed skim slices soak soap soft spoonful stir strain sweet oil syrup table-spoonful Take tea-cupful tea-spoonful of saleratus tender thick thin vinegar warm wash yeast yolks
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Seite 25 - ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4 RESOLUTION Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
Seite 190 - Take half a bushel of nice unslacked lime, slack it with boiling water, cover it during the process to keep in the steam. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve or strainer...
Seite 122 - ... superfluous moisture is allowed to escape. They are then allowed to dry in the shade, and placed in layers in large pots or vessels, where they must remain for fifteen days. The older these cheeses are, the more their quality improves. Three kinds of them are made.
Seite 28 - Remember that an impious or profane thought, uttered by a parent's lip, may operate upon the young heart like a careless spray of water thrown upon polished steel, staining it with rust which no after scouring can efface.
Seite 32 - In the presence of others sing not to yourself with a humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet.
Seite 199 - ... known to Russia merchants, as they suffer bales of this article to lie in the London docks in the most careless manner, for a great length of time, knowing well that they can sustain no injury of this nature from dampness, whereas common curried leather requires to be opened, cleaned, and ventilated. Collectors of books will not be sorry to learn, that a few drops of any perfumed oil will ensure their libraries from this pest.
Seite 16 - ... that men come short of excellence. There is always a right and a wrong; and if you ever doubt, be sure you take not the wrong. Observe this rule, and every experience will be to you a means of advancement. "Never Despair...
Seite 122 - These cheeses have this advantage over every other kind, that they do not engender worms, and keep fresh for a great number of years, provided they are placed in a dry situation, and in well-closed vessels.
Seite 59 - The first step in all wounds, is TO STOP THE BLEEDING. If the flow of blood is but trifling, draw the edges of the wound together with your hand, and hold them in that position some time, when it will frequently stop. If, on the contrary, it is large, of a bright red color, flowing in spirts or with a jerk, clap your finger on the spot it springs from, and hold it there with a firm pressure, while you direct some one to pass a handkerchief...
Seite 27 - Parents' example and daily deportment. If this should be disregarded by you, or even forgotten, then be not at all surprised when you find, another day, to your sorrow and vexation, and the interruption of your business, if not the loss of all your domestic peace and harmony, that your Children only " know the right path, but still follow the wrong.