Dr. Chase's Recipes ; Or, Information for Everybody: an Invaluable Collection of about Eight Hundred Practical Recipes ...R. A. Beal, 1888 - 648 pages |
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... dissolved in two gallons of soft water , makes that amount of good vinegar by either of the above plans . Rinsings of molasses barrels or drippings of sugar hogsheads , brought to this degree of sweetness , is as good for vinegar as any ...
... dissolved in two gallons of soft water , makes that amount of good vinegar by either of the above plans . Rinsings of molasses barrels or drippings of sugar hogsheads , brought to this degree of sweetness , is as good for vinegar as any ...
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... dissolve 20 grs , of gum arabic . When the gum is dissolved put in the same vial also 22 grs . of carbonate of soda , ( sal - soda . ) When all is well dissolved , mix both vials , or their contents , and place the vial containing the ...
... dissolve 20 grs , of gum arabic . When the gum is dissolved put in the same vial also 22 grs . of carbonate of soda , ( sal - soda . ) When all is well dissolved , mix both vials , or their contents , and place the vial containing the ...
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... dissolved in the glue pour it into moulds or a pan and cut it into squares , for convenience , before it gets too hard . This dissolves very quickly by placing the edge of a piece in the mouth , and is not unpleasant to the taste , and ...
... dissolved in the glue pour it into moulds or a pan and cut it into squares , for convenience , before it gets too hard . This dissolves very quickly by placing the edge of a piece in the mouth , and is not unpleasant to the taste , and ...
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... dissolving four pounds of crushed sugar in one quart of water , by boiling , and adding three ounces of tartaric acid and ... dissolved in hot water ; to flavor , use extract of lemon , orange , rose , pine - apple , peach , sarsaparilla ...
... dissolving four pounds of crushed sugar in one quart of water , by boiling , and adding three ounces of tartaric acid and ... dissolved in hot water ; to flavor , use extract of lemon , orange , rose , pine - apple , peach , sarsaparilla ...
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... and 2 lemons sliced . DIRECTIONS . - In making 5 gals . , boil the ginger and lemons 10 minutes in 2 gals . of the water ; the sugar and cream - of - tartar to be dissolved in the cold water , and mix all , 52 Dr. Chase's Recipes .
... and 2 lemons sliced . DIRECTIONS . - In making 5 gals . , boil the ginger and lemons 10 minutes in 2 gals . of the water ; the sugar and cream - of - tartar to be dissolved in the cold water , and mix all , 52 Dr. Chase's Recipes .
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Page 406 - On the restoration of life, a teaspoonful of warm water should be given; and then, if the power of swallowing has returned, small quantities of wine, warm brandy and water, or coffee should be administered. The patient should be kept in bed, and a disposition to sleep encouraged, GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
Page 569 - It is said that about a pint of this mixture will cover a square yard upon the outside of a house if properly applied. Brushes more or less small may be used according to the neatness of the job required. It answers as well as oil paint for wood, brick or stone, and is cheaper.
Page 10 - I live for those who love me, For those who know me true ; For the Heaven that smiles above me, And awaits my spirit too : For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance ; For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do.
Page 396 - I was drawn along the surface of the water in a very agreeable manner. Having then engaged another boy to carry my clothes round the pond, to a place which I pointed out to him on the other side, I began to cross the pond with, my kite, which carried me quite over without the least fatigue, and with the greatest pleasure imaginable.
Page 395 - The exercise of swimming is one of the most healthy and agreeable in the world. After having swam for an hour or two in the evening, one sleeps coolly the whole night, even during the most ardent heat of summer. Perhaps the pores being cleansed* the insensible perspiration increases and occasions this coolness — It is certain that much swimming is the means of stopping a diarrhoea, and even of producing a constipation.
Page 578 - As school or garden, hoop or swing. Adjectives tell the kind of noun, As great, small, pretty, white or brown.
Page 621 - We ought, therefore, to be slow and cautious in contracting intimacy ; but when a virtuous friendship is once established, we must ever consider it as a sacred engagement.
Page 315 - Their rice ought to be cooked in no more water than is necessary to swell it; their apples roasted, or stewed with no more water than is necessary to steam them ; their vegetables so well cooked as to make them require little butter, and less digestion; their eggs boiled slow and soft.
Page 387 - Society is not at hand) into one nostril, carefully closing the other and the mouth; at the same time drawing downwards, and pushing gently backwards, the upper part of the windpipe, to allow a more free admission of air: blow the bellows gently, in order to inflate the lungs, till the breast be...
Page 396 - ... imaginable. I was only obliged occasionally to halt a little in my course, and resist its progress, when it appeared that, by following too quick, I lowered the kite too much ; by doing which occasionally I made it rise again. I have never since that time practised this singular mode of swimming, though I think it not impossible to cross in this manner from Dover to Calais. The packet-boat, however, is still preferable.