TABLE ORNAMENT, A Cheap and Pretty. — Take a goblet
with the stem broken off, cover it with coarse flannel sewed together to
prevent it slipping, stand it in a saucerful of water ; wet the flannel and
sprinkle over as much flax seed as will adhere to it ; replenish the saucer
from time to time as the water becomes absorbed by the flannel, and in two
or three weeks the flannel will be concealed in a beautiful verdure, which
will bear comparison with most table ornaments.
TABLES &c., To Polish. — Loo, dining and other polished tables,
may, on becoming dull, be made to resume their brightness by constantly
rubbing them with a linen rag dipped in cold-drawn linseed oil.
TAN. — Reduce nut-galls to a coarse powder, infuse them in water,
and evaporate the solution to dryness. The dark matter left behind is the
tan. It may also be precipated from the solution by mineral acids.
TANSEY, To Propagate. — This strong flavoured aromatic herb is
raised from slips or off-sets taken in spring or autumn, and planted a foot
or more apart.
TAPEWORM, To Eject. — Take from one to two ounces of
Venice turpentine every eight hours until the worm be ejected. Santonine
is also effectual if taken in doses of from one to six grains, according to age.
The liquid extract of the male fern is likewise recommended.
TAPEWORM, To Kill. — Digest one ounce of fern buds in eight
ounces of sulphuric ether ; strain, and take thirty drops before breakfast.
Follow this up the next morning with an ounce of castor oil.
TAPIOCA PUDDING. — Wash two tablespoonfuls of tapioca in
cold water ; strain, put it into a saucepan with a pint of milk and a half-
inch stick of cinnamon ; let it simmer slowly till all the milk is absorbed,
then take out the cinnamon, and pour the tapioca into a pan to cool.
Beat up two eggs with an ounce of moist sugar, stir the mixture into the
tapioca ; pour it into a greased pie- dish, grate nutmeg on the top✪ Tapioca Pudding, and
bake in a moderate oven for half an hour.
TARRAGON, To Grow. — This fine flavoured aromatic plant, so
essential in flavouring soups and salads, is raised from cuttings of the
stalks in May and June, in a shady border, and by bottom off-sets in spring.
TARTAR, Cream of. — Scrape off the crust from the bottom and
side of casks in which wine has been kept ; dissolve it in boiling water, and
filter while hot. On cooling, the irregular crystals commonfy known as
cream of tartar will be deposited.
TAR WATER, To Make. — Boil an ounce of tar in a pint and a
half of water, stirring well, then pour it out, let it stand for three or four
days, and draw off free from sediment. Useful in chest affections, and to
strengthen the voice.
TEA CAKES. — To one pound of flour add a large teaspoonful
of baking powder, a little salt, and a few currants and sultanas ; mix in a
dry state ; then rub in two ounces of butter ; beat up one egg in a tea-
cupful of mil✪ Tea Cakesk, and mix the whole together quickly. Bake in a sharp
oven.
TEA-KETTLES, To Prevent the Furring of. — The incrustation
familiarly known as "fur,” which all water except rain water will deposit
in the inside of tea-kettles, may be prevented by simply placing a clean
oyster-shell in the kettle ; this will attract all the particles of earth or stone,
and keep the inside of the kettle in good order.
TEA-KETTLES, To Remove Fur from. — Fur may be removed
from tea-kettles by applying a strong solution of pearlash.
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TABLE ORNAMENT, A Cheap and Pretty. — Take a goblet with the stem broken off, cover it with coarse flannel sewed together to prevent it slipping, stand it in a saucerful of water ; wet the flannel and sprinkle over as much flax seed as will adhere to it ; replenish the saucer from time to time as the water becomes absorbed by the flannel, and in two or three weeks the flannel will be concealed in a beautiful verdure, which will bear comparison with most table ornaments.
TABLES &c., To Polish. — Loo, dining and other polished tables, may, on becoming dull, be made to resume their brightness by constantly rubbing them with a linen rag dipped in cold-drawn linseed oil.
TAN. — Reduce nut-galls to a coarse powder, infuse them in water, and evaporate the solution to dryness. The dark matter left behind is the tan. It may also be precipated from the solution by mineral acids.
TANSEY, To Propagate. — This strong flavoured aromatic herb is raised from slips or off-sets taken in spring or autumn, and planted a foot or more apart.
TAPEWORM, To Eject. — Take from one to two ounces of Venice turpentine every eight hours until the worm be ejected. Santonine is also effectual if taken in doses of from one to six grains, according to age. The liquid extract of the male fern is likewise recommended.
TAPEWORM, To Kill. — Digest one ounce of fern buds in eight ounces of sulphuric ether ; strain, and take thirty drops before breakfast. Follow this up the next morning with an ounce of castor oil.
TAPIOCA PUDDING. — Wash two tablespoonfuls of tapioca in cold water ; strain, put it into a saucepan with a pint of milk and a halfinch stick of cinnamon ; let it simmer slowly till all the milk is absorbed, then take out the cinnamon, and pour the tapioca into a pan to cool. Beat up two eggs with an ounce of moist sugar, stir the mixture into the tapioca ; pour it into a greased pie- dish, grate nutmeg on the top, and bake in a moderate oven for half an hour.
TARRAGON, To Grow. — This fine flavoured aromatic plant, so essential in flavouring soups and salads, is raised from cuttings of the stalks in May and June, in a shady border, and by bottom off-sets in spring.
TARTAR, Cream of. — Scrape off the crust from the bottom and side of casks in which wine has been kept ; dissolve it in boiling water, and filter while hot. On cooling, the irregular crystals commonly known as cream of tartar will be deposited.
TAR WATER, To Make. — Boil an ounce of tar in a pint and a half of water, stirring well, then pour it out, let it stand for three or four days, and draw off free from sediment. Useful in chest affections, and to strengthen the voice.
TEA CAKES. — To one pound of flour add a large teaspoonful of baking powder, a little salt, and a few currants and sultanas ; mix in a dry state ; then rub in two ounces of butter ; beat up one egg in a teacupful of milk, and mix the whole together quickly. Bake in a sharp oven.
TEA-KETTLES, To Prevent the Furring of. — The incrustation familiarly known as "fur,” which all water except rain water will deposit in the inside of tea-kettles, may be prevented by simply placing a clean oyster-shell in the kettle ; this will attract all the particles of earth or stone, and keep the inside of the kettle in good order.
TEA-KETTLES, To Remove Fur from. — Fur may be removed from tea-kettles by applying a strong solution of pearlash.
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