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1891

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Presented as published in 1891. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
PANADA FOR INVALIDS. — Boil a little lemon peel in water, sweeten it with sugar, and flavour with nutmeg ; add some bread crumbsPanada for Invalids, and boil it quickly till it is just thick enough to drink, then serve. This makes a good food for an invalid. PANCAKES. — Take some eggs, flour and milk, nutmeg, and ginger, and a little salt ; make them into a light batter, and fry in a small pan with dripping or lardPancakes . Sprinkle the pancakes with sugar and lemon juice, roll them up, and serve very hot. When eggs are scarce a little small beer may be substituted. The addition of cream will make them white, or they may be coloured with beetroot, boiled tender, and then mashed. PANSIES OR HEART’S-EASE, The Culture of.— There are many varieties of this effective flower, ranging in colour from a milky-white to a deep purple. They require a rich, light, well-drained, but yet not a dry, soil. They may be multiplied by cuttings, taken in spring, from the ends of the shoots, slipping them off just below a joint; or they may be increased by root division. They require plenty of air and sunshine to bring their bloom to perfection. PAPER (CARBON), for Duplicate Writing. — Mix some lamp- black and sweet oil, and apply it with a piece of felt to the surface of thin or tissue paper ; or in making a quantity, draw the sheets through a bath of the mixture. When perfectly dry, they may be used in the following way : — Place on a table a sheet of oiled paper ( see below), cover it with the carbon paper, and on the top of this put a sheet of white paper ; arrange another set of sheets in precisely the same order, and with a pencil write upon the upper sheet, bearing rather hard on the same. In this manner some six or nine copies can be obtained, according to the substance of the paper used. PAPER (FIREPROOF). — If paper be saturated with alum it will not easily take fire, but it will resist the moisture of the air. PAPER (OILED), for Duplicate Writing. — Put upon a table three or four sheets of thin paper, and with a brush dab some sweet oil over the surface ; cover these with three or four other sheets, applying oil in the same manner as before ; repeat the process till all the paper is used up, then place a board on the top, and on this put a heavy weight ; let it remain *47 for two or three days, then if the oil has distributed itself all over the sur- face, hang the sheet on a line to dry. PAPER (OILED), for Jar-Pots, Wrappers, &c. — Dissolve over a slow fire a little shellac in boiled oil ; brush it over the papers and hang them to dry. Paper prepared in this manner is waterproof. Great care must be exercised while the oil is over the fire, to see that it does not boil over. PAPER, To Remove Grease Spots from. — Grease spots may be removed from paper in the following manner Place a piece of blotting- paper over the stain and rub it with a hot iron. Repeat this several times, then apply with a soft brush to both sides of the paper a little oil of turpen- tine, and afterwards some rectified spirits of wine.