BISTRE, For Painting. — Bistre is made by putting soot of dry
wood, as beech, into water, in the proportion of two pounds to a gallon,
and boiling them half an hour. After the fluid has settled, pour off the
clearer part while it remains hot. Evaporate the fluid to dryness, and what
remains is good bistre.
BLACKBERRY CORDIAL, for Diarrhoea. — Boil together
four pounds of white sugar and one gallon of blackberry juice ; remove
the scum, then add one ounce of cloves, one ounce of cinnamon, and four
or five grated nutmegs. When boiled sufficiently, let it settle ; strain, and
add one pint of brandy✪ Blackberry Cordial for Diarrhoea. Dose for a child, one tablespoonful ; for an adult,
one wineglassful.
BLACKBIRDS. — Feed on apples, cherries, and other fruits,
berries, worms, snails, insects, German paste, and finely cut meat and
bread. The male bird has a deep black coat with a yellow bill ; the female
is dark brown. It is rather difficult to distinguish their sex when young,
but the darkest are generally the males.
BLACK DRAUGHT. — Epsom salts, one ounce; senna leaves,
one dram ; grated ginger, one dram ; Spanish liquorice, half an ounce.
Pour half a pint of boiling water on the above ; let it stand until it is cold ;
then strain and add three drops of oil of cloves.
BLACK EYE, Cure for a. — Bathe it with tepid water, and then
apply a piece of lint saturated with the pure extract of lead. Keep the
lint continually wet with the lotion for two or three hours.
BLACKING (LIQUID). — Mix together one pound of ivory
black, one pound of treacle, and a quarter of a pound of sweet oil ; then
dilute a quarter of a pound of oil of vitriol with three times its weight in
water, add it to the other ingredients, and after it has stood for three or
four hours add a quart of sour beer.
BLACKING (LIQUID JAPAN).— Mix four ounces of ivory
black with a tablespoonful of sweet oil, add two ounces of coarse sugar,
a pint of vinegar, one ounce of muriatic acid, one ounce of sulphuric acid,
and a tablespoonful of lemon juice. Thoroughly incorporate the whole.
BLACKING (PASTE). — To three ounces of ivory black, add
three ounces of treacle, and a pint of vinegar. Mix separately six drams
of sperm oil and six drams of strong oil of vitriol, then incorporate them
thoroughly with the first mixture.
BLACK PUDDING. — Procure the blood of a pig, and to each
quart add a teaspoonful of salt and half a pound of partially boiled rice,
and stir it until it is cold, then add a little more rice boiled in milk. Chop
up a pound of fat pork and add it to the blood and rice with half a pound
of melted lard, a quarter of a pint of bread crumbs, a dessert-spoonful of
finely-chopped sage or a couple of shalots, a little parsley, cayenne and
black pepper✪ Black Pudding ; mix all together, press into the skins of the largest gut of
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the hog, tie into lengths of six or nine inches, and boil for twenty minutes ;
then take them out, lay them on straw until cold, boil them again for a
few minutes and take them out and prick them. When wanted for table,
they may either be put into the oven, fried, or boiled.
BLACK REVIVER. — Boil for two hours in five quarts of water
one pound of blue galls and two pounds of logwood, strain, and add half
a pound of green copperas.
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BISTRE, For Painting. — Bistre is made by putting soot of dry wood, as beech, into water, in the proportion of two pounds to a gallon, and boiling them half an hour. After the fluid has settled, pour off the clearer part while it remains hot. Evaporate the fluid to dryness, and what remains is good bistre.
BLACKBERRY CORDIAL, for Diarrhoea. — Boil together four pounds of white sugar and one gallon of blackberry juice ; remove the scum, then add one ounce of cloves, one ounce of cinnamon, and four or five grated nutmegs. When boiled sufficiently, let it settle ; strain, and add one pint of brandy. Dose for a child, one tablespoonful ; for an adult, one wineglassful.
BLACKBIRDS. — Feed on apples, cherries, and other fruits, berries, worms, snails, insects, German paste, and finely cut meat and bread. The male bird has a deep black coat with a yellow bill ; the female is dark brown. It is rather difficult to distinguish their sex when young, but the darkest are generally the males.
BLACK DRAUGHT. — Epsom salts, one ounce; senna leaves, one dram ; grated ginger, one dram ; Spanish liquorice, half an ounce. Pour half a pint of boiling water on the above ; let it stand until it is cold ; then strain and add three drops of oil of cloves.
BLACK EYE, Cure for a. — Bathe it with tepid water, and then apply a piece of lint saturated with the pure extract of lead. Keep the lint continually wet with the lotion for two or three hours.
BLACKING (LIQUID). — Mix together one pound of ivory black, one pound of treacle, and a quarter of a pound of sweet oil ; then dilute a quarter of a pound of oil of vitriol with three times its weight in water, add it to the other ingredients, and after it has stood for three or four hours add a quart of sour beer.
BLACKING (LIQUID JAPAN).— Mix four ounces of ivory black with a tablespoonful of sweet oil, add two ounces of coarse sugar, a pint of vinegar, one ounce of muriatic acid, one ounce of sulphuric acid, and a tablespoonful of lemon juice. Thoroughly incorporate the whole.
BLACKING (PASTE). — To three ounces of ivory black, add three ounces of treacle, and a pint of vinegar. Mix separately six drams of sperm oil and six drams of strong oil of vitriol, then incorporate them thoroughly with the first mixture.
BLACK PUDDING. — Procure the blood of a pig, and to each quart add a teaspoonful of salt and half a pound of partially boiled rice, and stir it until it is cold, then add a little more rice boiled in milk. Chop up a pound of fat pork and add it to the blood and rice with half a pound of melted lard, a quarter of a pint of bread crumbs, a dessert-spoonful of finely-chopped sage or a couple of shalots, a little parsley, cayenne and black pepper ; mix all together, press into the skins of the largest gut of
the hog, tie into lengths of six or nine inches, and boil for twenty minutes ; then take them out, lay them on straw until cold, boil them again for a few minutes and take them out and prick them. When wanted for table, they may either be put into the oven, fried, or boiled.
BLACK REVIVER. — Boil for two hours in five quarts of water one pound of blue galls and two pounds of logwood, strain, and add half a pound of green copperas.
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