SPAR BASKET.— Procure a
small common wire basket, and cover
the wire with different coloured worsted,
the brightest you can 'obtain; suspend
this in a vessel so that it may not touch
the bottom or sides by two or three
inches. Then take as much boiling
water as will cover it, having previously
dissolved as much alum in the water as
it will take up. Pour this over the
basket, and In twelve hours you may
take it out ; it will be covered with
masses of splendid coloured crystals,
glittering with all the colours of the
rainbow.
SPARE-RIB OF PORK, to
Roast. — About 9 lbs. will take 2\
hours roasting. Baste well to prevent
the skin burning.
SPASMS. — Oil of red lavender, 1
part ; sal-volatile, 1 part ; oil of pepper-
mint, 2 parts. Mix, and take 10 or 12
drops in a wine-glassful of lukewarm
or cold water. If the first dose is not
efficacious, repeat.
SPASMS, Certain cure for.—
Take 3-pennyworth of balsam of sul-
phur, and the same quantity of the oil of
aniseed ; put these together, and let
them stand in a warm place for 24 hours.
Then take 2-pennyworth of the spirits of
wine, and 2-pennyworth of spirits of
turpentine ; put these together, and let
them stand as above ; then mix the
whole well together. Take 7 or 8 drops
on a piece of loaf sugar, when the pain
is on ; it will give instant relief.
SPEARMINT WATER, to
Distil. — Take of spearmint leaves,
any quantity, and 3 times the quantity
of water; distil as long as the liquor
which comes over has a considerable
taste, or smell of the mint. Or, take
spearmint leaves, dried, 1$ lb., and as
much water as is sufficient to prevent
burning. Distil 1 gallon.
SPK
373
SFI
SPECIFICS.— Medicines curing
a disease by an unknown mode of
action.
SPERMACETI OINTMENT
— Take of olive oil, i pint ; white wax
and spermaceti, of each 3 ozs. Melt
them with a gentle heat, and briskly stir
together till quite cold. If 2 drs. of
camphor✪ Spermaci Ointment previously rubbed with a small
quantity of oil, be added to the above,
it will make the White Camphorated
Ointment. For Ointments, see p. 279.
SPICED BEEF. — Take a round
of an ox, or young heifer, from 20 to 40
lbs. Cut it neatly, so that the thin flank
end can wrap nearly round. Take from
2 Co 4 ozs. of saltpetre, and 1 oz. of
coarse sugar, and 2 handfuls of common
salt. Mix them well, together ; rub it
all over. The next day salt it well as
for boiling. Let it lie from 2 to 3 weeks
turning it every 2 or 3 days. Take out
of the pickle, and wipe it dry. Then
take cloves, mace, well powdered, a
spoonful of gravy✪ Spiced Beef, and rub it well into
the beef. Roll it up as tightly as possi-
ble ; skewer it, and tie it up tight. Pom:
In the liquor till the meat is quite satur-
ated, in which state it must be kept.
To keep the beef a long time, once in
2 months boil the pickle, and clear off
the scum. Put in when boiled 2 ozs. of
sugar, and 4 oz. of common salt.
When taken out of pickle, dry well, and
put in paper bags, and hang them in a
dry place.
SPICE CAKE.— Take 3 lbs. of
flour, 2 lbs. of butter, 1 lb. of sugar,
1 lb. of currants, and a few seeds✪ Spice Cake ; mix
all together with milk ; observe that the
butter and sugar must be rubbed into
the flour, and then made into round
cakes of any size, and nipped on the
edges, then baked in a pretty hot oven,
with its door open while you bake.
Consult me
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SPAR BASKET.— Procure a small common wire basket, and cover the wire with different coloured worsted, the brightest you can 'obtain; suspend this in a vessel so that it may not touch the bottom or sides by two or three inches. Then take as much boiling water as will cover it, having previously dissolved as much alum in the water as it will take up. Pour this over the basket, and In twelve hours you may take it out ; it will be covered with masses of splendid coloured crystals, glittering with all the colours of the rainbow.
SPARE-RIB OF PORK, to Roast. — About 9 lbs. will take 2\ hours roasting. Baste well to prevent the skin burning.
SPASMS. — Oil of red lavender, 1 part ; sal-volatile, 1 part ; oil of peppermint, 2 parts. Mix, and take 10 or 12 drops in a wine-glassful of lukewarm or cold water. If the first dose is not efficacious, repeat.
SPASMS, Certain cure for.— Take 3-pennyworth of balsam of sulphur, and the same quantity of the oil of aniseed ; put these together, and let them stand in a warm place for 24 hours. Then take 2-pennyworth of the spirits of wine, and 2-pennyworth of spirits of turpentine ; put these together, and let them stand as above ; then mix the whole well together. Take 7 or 8 drops on a piece of loaf sugar, when the pain is on ; it will give instant relief.
SPEARMINT WATER, to Distil. — Take of spearmint leaves, any quantity, and 3 times the quantity of water; distil as long as the liquor which comes over has a considerable
taste, or smell of the mint. Or, take
spearmint leaves, dried, 1½ lb., and as much water as is sufficient to prevent burning. Distil 1 gallon.
SPK
SFI
SPECIFICS.— Medicines curing a disease by an unknown mode of action.
SPERMACETI OINTMENT
— Take of olive oil, i pint ; white wax and spermaceti, of each 3 ozs. Melt them with a gentle heat, and briskly stir together till quite cold. If 2 drs. of camphor previously rubbed with a small quantity of oil, be added to the above, it will make the White Camphorated Ointment. For Ointments, see p. 279.
SPICED BEEF. — Take a round of an ox, or young heifer, from 20 to 40 lbs. Cut it neatly, so that the thin flank end can wrap nearly round. Take from 2 Co 4 ozs. of saltpetre, and 1 oz. of coarse sugar, and 2 handfuls of common salt. Mix them well, together ; rub it all over. The next day salt it well as for boiling. Let it lie from 2 to 3 weeks turning it every 2 or 3 days. Take out of the pickle, and wipe it dry. Then take cloves, mace, well powdered, a spoonful of gravy, and rub it well into the beef. Roll it up as tightly as possible ; skewer it, and tie it up tight. Pom: In the liquor till the meat is quite saturated, in which state it must be kept.
To keep the beef a long time, once in 2 months boil the pickle, and clear off the scum. Put in when boiled 2 ozs. of sugar, and 4 oz. of common salt. When taken out of pickle, dry well, and put in paper bags, and hang them in a dry place.
SPICE CAKE.— Take 3 lbs. of flour, 2 lbs. of butter, 1 lb. of sugar, 1 lb. of currants, and a few seeds ; mix all together with milk ; observe that the butter and sugar must be rubbed into the flour, and then made into round cakes of any size, and nipped on the edges, then baked in a pretty hot oven, with its door open while you bake.
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