Mrs. Winslow's family almanac and domestic receipt book for 1874.

Date:
1874
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Mrs. Winslow's family almanac and domestic receipt book for 1874. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vermicelli Soup. Put into a stew-pan one and a half pounds of lean veal, a small slice of lean ham, a bunch sweet herbs, a head of celery, an onion, some whole white pepper, a blade of mace, and a quarter of a pound of butter ; set the pan over a clear fire, taking care the articles do not burn; then thicken two quarts of white gravy, and pour it into the pan, adding a few mushroom trimmings: when it boils, set it aside, remove the scum and fat, and strain the soup upon some vermicelli which has been soaked a few minutes in cold water, and stewed in strong broth. Potato Cheesecakes. Four ounces each of mashed potatoes, butter, flour, and sugar, and two eggs ; mix all together with a fork, and, and bake in tins lined with puff paste. Orange Marmalade. Take Seville oranges, and peel them by cutting round and inserting a spoon between the peel and the orange, so as to divide each rind in two. Cut the oranges, take out the pips and all the white or stringy part, which put in a basin and pour boiling water on it, and leave till next dajr, when it must be passed through a sieve, and then added to the pulp and juice. Boil the rinds of the oranges full eight hours in plenty of water, changing the water every four hours or less, to prevent their being too bitter. When quite tender, drain well, and cut them up as fine as paper; mix with the liquid, and add an equal weight of the best white sugar; boil gently one hour and a quarter. Coughs, The administration of medicinal preparations in the form of a lozenge is of all modes the most eligible and convenient, more especially as regards a cough remedy. “Brown’s Bronchial Troches,” or Cough Lozenges, allay irrita¬ tion, which induces coughing, giving instant relief in Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Influenza, and Consumptive and Asthmatic Complaints. Chicken Pie. Take two full grown chickens, or more if they are small, disjoint them, and cut the backbone, &c , as small as convenient. Boil them with a few slices of salt pork in water enough to cover them, let them boil quite tender, then take out the breast boue. After they boil, and the scum is taken off, put in a little onion cut- very fine, not enough to taste distinctly, but just enough to flavour a little ; rub some parsley very fine when dry, or cut fine when green ; this gives a pleasant flavour. Season well with pepper and salt, and a few ounces of good fresh butter. When all is cooked well, have liquid enough to cover the chicken, then beat two eggs and stir in some sweet cream. Line a five quart pan with a crust made like soda biscuit, only more shortening, put in the chicken and liquid, then cover with a crust the same as the lining. Bake till the crust is done, and you will have a good chicken pie. Kemedy for Offensive Breath. Use the liquid dentifrice called fragrant “Floriline” every morning; it only costs 2 s. 6d., and a bottle lasts six months. It thoroughly cleanses partially decayed teeth from all parasites or living “ animalculre,” leaving them pearly white, imparting a delightful fragrance to the breath.
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