The best as Perch — rather a dry fish.
Salmon. Flesh and gills, fine
red, scales bright, and the fish stiff and
firm. Small heads, and thick in the
neck, are the best. Skate. When
good, very white and thick. Smelts.
If good, a fine silvery hue, firm.
Soles. If good, thick ; belly cream
colour. Tench. Gills red, and
hard to open, eyes bright') body stiff.
Turbot. If good, thick ; belly a
yellowish white. Whitings. Firm,
smell fresh.
Shell Fish. — Crabs. The heaviest
are best ; middling size, sweetest ; joints
of the legs, stiff. Lobsters. The
heaviest are the best. If fresh, will
have a strong motion, when you press
the eyes. Oysters. The Pyefleet,
Colchester, and Milford, are the best.
The native Milton are fine, being white
and fat. When alive and strong, the
shell closes on the knife. Prawns
and Shrimps. If fresh, they have a
sweet flavour, and firm, bright in colour.
FISH, to Keep Sound. — To
prevent meat, fish, &c., going bad, put
a few pieces of charcoal into the sauce-
pan Wherein the fish or flesh is to be
boiled.
FISH, to render Boiled Firm.
— Add a little saltpetre to the salt in the
water in which the fish is to be boiled ;
a quarter of an ounce to one gallon.
FISH PIE. — Pike, perch, and
carp may be made into savory pies if
cut into fillets, seasoned, and baked in
paste, sauce made of veal broth, or
cream put in before baking.
FISH SAUCE. — Indian soy, 1
gill ; shalot vinegar, a wine-glassful ;
mixed mushroom and walnut ketchup,
% pint in equal proportions, the juice
FIS
180
FIT
of a lemon, with its peel chopped fine,
two anchovies boned, three tea-spoon-
fuls of soluble cayenne pepper, two
table-spoonfuls of horse-radish vinegar,
and a tumbler of port wine. Bottle,
and for two or three weeks shake fre-
quently.
FISHING-ROD VARNISH.
— Equal parts of Canada balsam and
fine turpentine, wanned together for
several hours, make an excellent varnish.
Or, alcohol, one pint ; Venice tur-
pentine, a quarter of a pint ; gum san-
darach, 4 02s. ; gum mastic in tears, 1
oz. ; resin, 2 ozs. ; heated by ether till
dissolved.
FISTULA. — This disease Is seat-
ed near the anus and rectum, in the
form of abscess, or ulcer, emitting an
offensive discharge. It may be caused
by derangement of the liver, costiveness,
or great laxity, high living, intemper-
ance, bruises, piles, &c. It is first
known by a painful swelling near the
rectum, inflammation, a pressure upon
the bladder, or urethra, supression of
urine, great pain in passing the foeces.
The treatment generally is by the
knife ; but we prefer the reform prac-
tice of America ; for cures by the knife
are very rare indeed. Dr. Beach says,
11 Moderate excessive inflammation ;
diminish painful symptoms ; promote
suppuration ; if the swelling cannot be
discussed. Apply to the swelling the
Discutiext Ointment, page 161, after-
wards foment with bitter herbs, tansy,
wormwood, horehound, catnep, hops,
a handful of each — make a decoction.
Put into a vessel, and add half a pint of
soft soap. Put a board across the
vessel, or tub, and let the patient sit
over it for twenty minutes, covered with
a blanket, except the head, to retain the
steam. Repeat several times a day."
It often relieves the most painful cases.
Consult me
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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
The best as Perch — rather a dry fish.
Salmon. Flesh and gills, fine
red, scales bright, and the fish stiff and firm. Small heads, and thick in the
neck, are the best. Skate. When
good, very white and thick. Smelts.
If good, a fine silvery hue, firm.
Soles. If good, thick ; belly cream
colour. Tench. Gills red, and hard to open, eyes bright, body stiff.
Turbot. If good, thick ; belly a
yellowish white. Whitings. Firm, smell fresh.
Shell Fish. — Crabs. The heaviest are best ; middling size, sweetest ; joints
of the legs, stiff. Lobsters. The
heaviest are the best. If fresh, will have a strong motion, when you press
the eyes. Oysters. The Pyefleet,
Colchester, and Milford, are the best. The native Milton are fine, being white and fat. When alive and strong, the
shell closes on the knife. Prawns
and Shrimps. If fresh, they have a sweet flavour, and firm, bright in colour.
FISH, to Keep Sound. — To prevent meat, fish, &c., going bad, put a few pieces of charcoal into the saucepan Wherein the fish or flesh is to be boiled.
FISH, to render Boiled Firm. — Add a little saltpetre to the salt in the water in which the fish is to be boiled ; a quarter of an ounce to one gallon.
FISH PIE. — Pike, perch, and carp may be made into savory pies if cut into fillets, seasoned, and baked in paste, sauce made of veal broth, or cream put in before baking.
FISH SAUCE. — Indian soy, 1 gill ; shalot vinegar, a wine-glassful ; mixed mushroom and walnut ketchup, % pint in equal proportions, the juice
FIS
FIT
of a lemon, with its peel chopped fine, two anchovies boned, three tea-spoonfuls of soluble cayenne pepper, two table-spoonfuls of horse-radish vinegar, and a tumbler of port wine. Bottle, and for two or three weeks shake frequently.
FISHING-ROD VARNISH. — Equal parts of Canada balsam and fine turpentine, wanned together for several hours, make an excellent varnish. Or, alcohol, one pint ; Venice turpentine, a quarter of a pint ; gum sandarach, 4 02s. ; gum mastic in tears, 1 oz. ; resin, 2 ozs. ; heated by ether till dissolved.
FISTULA. — This disease Is seated near the anus and rectum, in the form of abscess, or ulcer, emitting an offensive discharge. It may be caused by derangement of the liver, costiveness, or great laxity, high living, intemperance, bruises, piles, &c. It is first known by a painful swelling near the rectum, inflammation, a pressure upon the bladder, or urethra, supression of urine, great pain in passing the foeces.
The treatment generally is by the knife ; but we prefer the reform practice of America ; for cures by the knife are very rare indeed. Dr. Beach says, 11 Moderate excessive inflammation ; diminish painful symptoms ; promote suppuration ; if the swelling cannot be discussed. Apply to the swelling the Discutiext Ointment, page 161, afterwards foment with bitter herbs, tansy, wormwood, horehound, catnep, hops, a handful of each — make a decoction. Put into a vessel, and add half a pint of soft soap. Put a board across the vessel, or tub, and let the patient sit over it for twenty minutes, covered with a blanket, except the head, to retain the steam. Repeat several times a day." It often relieves the most painful cases.