FOWLS, To Truss for Roasting. — Pluck, cut off the neck, and
draw the inside ; put a skewer in the first joint of the wing, pull the middle
of the leg close to it, run the skewer through both the leg and the body ;
then put a skewer through the small of the leg, and through the sidesman,
and one through the skin of the feet.
FOXGLOVE. — There are several varieties of this effective flower,
which are generally regarded as biennials, but whose existence can often be
prolonged by dividing the off-sets of the stool. To raise it from seed, sow
as soon as ripe, and, when large enough, prick out the plants where they
are to remain to flower.
FRECKLES, To Disperse. — Lemon juice, two ounces ; powdered
borax, half a dram ; sugar, one dram. Mix, and let stand for four or five
days in a glass bottle, then apply the liquor occasionally to the affected
part of the skin.
FRECKLES, To Remove. — Dissolve one dram of sal ammoniac
in a pint of spring water, and add one ounce of eau de Cologne. Apply
night and morning.
The following simple remedy is also advised Mix equal parts of pure
glycerine and rose-water. Apply every night, allowing it to .dry on the
skin. See also Pearls (Tincture of).
FREEZING MIXTURES. — Glauber’s salt, six parts; sal
ammoniac, four parts ; nitrate of potash, two parts ; and dilute nitric acid,
four parts. This will cause the thermometer to sink from fifty degrees to
ten degrees.
Nitrate of potash, five parts ; sal ammoniac, five parts ; Glauber’s salt,
eight parts ; water, sixteen parts. The thermometer sinks from fifty degrees
to four degrees.
Well mix one part by weight of muriate of ammonia with two parts by
weight of nitrate of potash. Place the powder in large glass-stoppered
bottles, and keep it in the cool. Now crush to a fine powder as much
Scotch soda as will equal in weight the above combination, and keep it
separately in a closely-covered jar, so that all air is excluded therefrom.
When required for use, stir, say, a pint of each of the powders together,
place them immediately in the ice-pail, and add thereto a pint of cold
water, or just sufficient to dissolve the powders. Should there be any
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difficulty in obtaining the muriate of ammonia from the chemist’s, it may
generally be procured from artificial manure merchants.
FRENCH POLISH, A Foundation for. — Common work is simply
sized before the polish is applied ; but for best work proceed in this way
First give it a coating of plaster of Paris and whiting, mixed, so as to fill
the pores of the wood, and then one of tallow mixed with dragon's-blood,
or other pigment, according to the colour desired. Or the whiting, tallow,
and colours may be mixed together and well rubbed into the work. When
dry give a coating of polish, allow it to dry, and clean it down with No. o
glass-paper. You will then have a good foundation upon which to put
the last coats of polish.
FRENCH POLISH, To Make Superior.— Add an ounce of gum-
shellac and half an ounce of gum-sandarach to a pint of spirits of wine.
Place the mixture in a stone bottle near the fire, shaking it frequently. As
soon as the gums are dissolved it is fit for use.
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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
FOWLS, To Truss for Roasting. — Pluck, cut off the neck, and draw the inside ; put a skewer in the first joint of the wing, pull the middle of the leg close to it, run the skewer through both the leg and the body ; then put a skewer through the small of the leg, and through the sidesman, and one through the skin of the feet.
FOXGLOVE. — There are several varieties of this effective flower, which are generally regarded as biennials, but whose existence can often be prolonged by dividing the off-sets of the stool. To raise it from seed, sow as soon as ripe, and, when large enough, prick out the plants where they are to remain to flower.
FRECKLES, To Disperse. — Lemon juice, two ounces ; powdered borax, half a dram ; sugar, one dram. Mix, and let stand for four or five days in a glass bottle, then apply the liquor occasionally to the affected part of the skin.
FRECKLES, To Remove. — Dissolve one dram of sal ammoniac in a pint of spring water, and add one ounce of eau de Cologne. Apply night and morning.
The following simple remedy is also advised Mix equal parts of pure glycerine and rose-water. Apply every night, allowing it to .dry on the skin. See also Pearls (Tincture of).
FREEZING MIXTURES. — Glauber’s salt, six parts; sal ammoniac, four parts ; nitrate of potash, two parts ; and dilute nitric acid, four parts. This will cause the thermometer to sink from fifty degrees to ten degrees.
Nitrate of potash, five parts ; sal ammoniac, five parts ; Glauber’s salt, eight parts ; water, sixteen parts. The thermometer sinks from fifty degrees to four degrees.
Well mix one part by weight of muriate of ammonia with two parts by weight of nitrate of potash. Place the powder in large glass-stoppered bottles, and keep it in the cool. Now crush to a fine powder as much Scotch soda as will equal in weight the above combination, and keep it separately in a closely-covered jar, so that all air is excluded therefrom. When required for use, stir, say, a pint of each of the powders together, place them immediately in the ice-pail, and add thereto a pint of cold water, or just sufficient to dissolve the powders. Should there be any
difficulty in obtaining the muriate of ammonia from the chemist’s, it may generally be procured from artificial manure merchants.
FRENCH POLISH, A Foundation for. — Common work is simply sized before the polish is applied ; but for best work proceed in this way First give it a coating of plaster of Paris and whiting, mixed, so as to fill the pores of the wood, and then one of tallow mixed with dragon's-blood, or other pigment, according to the colour desired. Or the whiting, tallow, and colours may be mixed together and well rubbed into the work. When dry give a coating of polish, allow it to dry, and clean it down with No. o glass-paper. You will then have a good foundation upon which to put the last coats of polish.
FRENCH POLISH, To Make Superior.— Add an ounce of gumshellac and half an ounce of gum-sandarach to a pint of spirits of wine. Place the mixture in a stone bottle near the fire, shaking it frequently. As soon as the gums are dissolved it is fit for use.