SELTZER WATER (ARTIFICIAL).— To each gallon of
pure water add one scruple of magnesia alba, six scruples of fossil alkali,
and four scruples of common salt, and saturate the whole with fixed air by
means of one of the ordinary glass machines.
SHALLOTS, To Grow. — Divide the large roots into separate off-
sets, and plant them in spring, or in October or November, two inches deep,
and at a distance of six or eight inches. The roots will attain full growth
in July or August, when they should be taken up, dried, and housed. They
will keep good till the following year.
SHAMPOO LIQUID. — Dissolve half an ounce of carbonate of
ammonia in a pint of water, and add five ounces of Spanish fly and one
gallon of old rum. Moisten the hair with a little of the mixture, rub it
well in, wash the head afterwards with cold water, and rub it thoroughly
dry. This is a capital hair tonic.
SHEEP OR LAMB’S TROTTERS.— Stew them for several
hours, until the bones will come from them without having to break the
skin ; stuff them with quenelles or forcemeat, boil them again in their
liquor for a quarter of an hour or so, glaze them, and send to table with
tomato sauce.
SHEEP’S HEAD (STEWED).— Wash the head thoroughly,
and put it with the lights into a pot with two quarts of water and a couple
of pounds of shin of beef ; boil slowly for an hour ; then wash and string
two or three handfuls of spinach, and add it to the stew with one or two
onions, a little parsley, and pepper and salt.
SHEEP’S TONGUES (STEWED).— Put them over the fire
in cold water, and boil till sufficiently tender to remove the skin with ease,
then take them out, cut them open, and lay them in a stew-pan ; cover
with good gravy, and add some finely-chopped mushrooms, parsley, and
shallot ; flavour with pepper and salt, and work in a piece of butter.
When the tongues are tender, lay them in a dish, strain the gravy, and
pour it over them.
SHEEP, To Cure Rot in. — When sheep are newly bought in, it
will preserve their health to give them a tablespoonful of the juice of rue
leaves mixed with a little salt. If they show signs of the rot give the
mixture every week, or oftener if the case requires.
SHEEP, To Destroy Maggots in. — Put into a bottle one quart of
water, a tablespoonful of spirits of wine, and as much sublimate of mercury
as will lie upon a shilling. Pass a goose-quill through the cork, so that
only a little of the mixture will flow out at the time, and shake before
using. Drop a little of the liquid upon the spot, and afterwards apply
train-oil to the place.
SHEEP, Wash for. — Dissolve one pound of powdered arsenic and
and nine pounds of soft soap in ten gallons of water. This mixture to be
diluted with sufficient water to wash one hundred sheep.
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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.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
SELTZER WATER (ARTIFICIAL).— To each gallon of pure water add one scruple of magnesia alba, six scruples of fossil alkali, and four scruples of common salt, and saturate the whole with fixed air by means of one of the ordinary glass machines.
SHALLOTS, To Grow. — Divide the large roots into separate offsets, and plant them in spring, or in October or November, two inches deep, and at a distance of six or eight inches. The roots will attain full growth in July or August, when they should be taken up, dried, and housed. They will keep good till the following year.
SHAMPOO LIQUID. — Dissolve half an ounce of carbonate of ammonia in a pint of water, and add five ounces of Spanish fly and one gallon of old rum. Moisten the hair with a little of the mixture, rub it well in, wash the head afterwards with cold water, and rub it thoroughly dry. This is a capital hair tonic.
SHEEP OR LAMB’S TROTTERS.— Stew them for several hours, until the bones will come from them without having to break the skin ; stuff them with quenelles or forcemeat, boil them again in their liquor for a quarter of an hour or so, glaze them, and send to table with tomato sauce.
SHEEP’S HEAD (STEWED).— Wash the head thoroughly, and put it with the lights into a pot with two quarts of water and a couple of pounds of shin of beef ; boil slowly for an hour ; then wash and string two or three handfuls of spinach, and add it to the stew with one or two onions, a little parsley, and pepper and salt.
SHEEP’S TONGUES (STEWED).— Put them over the fire in cold water, and boil till sufficiently tender to remove the skin with ease, then take them out, cut them open, and lay them in a stew-pan ; cover with good gravy, and add some finely-chopped mushrooms, parsley, and shallot ; flavour with pepper and salt, and work in a piece of butter. When the tongues are tender, lay them in a dish, strain the gravy, and pour it over them.
SHEEP, To Cure Rot in. — When sheep are newly bought in, it will preserve their health to give them a tablespoonful of the juice of rue leaves mixed with a little salt. If they show signs of the rot give the mixture every week, or oftener if the case requires.
SHEEP, To Destroy Maggots in. — Put into a bottle one quart of water, a tablespoonful of spirits of wine, and as much sublimate of mercury as will lie upon a shilling. Pass a goose-quill through the cork, so that only a little of the mixture will flow out at the time, and shake before using. Drop a little of the liquid upon the spot, and afterwards apply train-oil to the place.
SHEEP, Wash for. — Dissolve one pound of powdered arsenic and and nine pounds of soft soap in ten gallons of water. This mixture to be diluted with sufficient water to wash one hundred sheep.