GINGERBREAD, To Make. — Put five pounds of flourinto a pan,
make a pit in the centre and pour in a pound and a half of treacle, an
ounce and a half of ground ginger, half an ounce of carraway seeds, a
quarter of a pound of orang✪ Ginger Beer, To Make Superiore peel, an ounce and a half of carbonate of
soda, two ounces of allspice, six ounces of blanched almonds, one pound of
honey, and half a pound of butter worked to a cream. Mix the whole into
a dough, stirring it thoroughly, and adding three-quarters of an ounce of
tartaric acid. Let it stand an hour, then put it into a buttered dish, and
bake in a cool oven for two hours, or till a fork dipped into the cake comes
out without the dough adhering to it.
GINGER (PRESERVED). — Scald the young roots, and when
tender peel them and throw them into cold water, changing the water fre-
quently. Afterwards immerse them in a thin syrup for a few days, then
put them into jars and pour over them a rich syrup.
GINGER, Tincture of. — Digest for a week in a gentle heat one ounce
of ginger and a pint of proof spirits, then strain. Dose : From ten minims
to one dram. Used to expel wind and to prevent the griping of
medicines.
GLADIOLUS, General Treatment of. — The whole species of
gladioli are more or less tender and are safest under pot culture. If
planted in the open ground they must occupy a well drained position, be
well protected from cold, and, during the winter, covered with six inches of
dry leaves or sawdust. Propagate by division of the cones every four
years.
GLANDS, For Displaced. — Mix with one ounce of spirits of harts-
horn, two ounces of olive oil. Pour a little of the mixture into the palm of
the hand and rub the throat gently upwards towards the ear. A piece
of flannel may also be saturated with the liniment and tied round the
neck
GLANDULAR ENLARGEMENTS, To Lessen.— Dissolve by
a gentle heat two drams of scraped white soap and half a dram of extract
of henbane in six ounces of olive oil. Rub the part well twice a day with
about half an ounce of the mixture.
GLASS, Etching on. — Draw the required figures or designs with
varnish upon the glass, and apply thereto a coating of aquafortis. The
glass will become corroded and softened wherever the fluid touches it and
may readily be cut away around the drawing. Remove the varnish and
the figures will appear raised upon a dark ground.
Or, lay on the glass a ground of beeswax, draw thereon the design with
a needle, as in etching upon metals, then pour on a little sulphuric acid and
sprinkle it with fluor-spar ; after four or five hours, take it off and clean the
work with oil of turpentine.
GLASS, Gilding on. — Dissolve in boiled linseed oil an equal weight
of either amber or copal, then add as much oil of turpentine as will form a
very thin size ; apply to the parts of the glass intended to be gilt. Make
the glass hot in an oven, so that it will almost burn the hand when touched,
77
and apply leaf gold in the ordinary way ; sweep off the superfluous portions
of the leaf, and when quite cold proceed to burnish, interposing a piece
of India paper between the gold and the burnisher.
See also Gold Paint for Glass-work.
Page 84 · 2 recipe records on this page
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
GINGERBREAD, To Make. — Put five pounds of flourinto a pan, make a pit in the centre and pour in a pound and a half of treacle, an ounce and a half of ground ginger, half an ounce of carraway seeds, a quarter of a pound of orange peel, an ounce and a half of carbonate of soda, two ounces of allspice, six ounces of blanched almonds, one pound of honey, and half a pound of butter worked to a cream. Mix the whole into a dough, stirring it thoroughly, and adding three-quarters of an ounce of tartaric acid. Let it stand an hour, then put it into a buttered dish, and bake in a cool oven for two hours, or till a fork dipped into the cake comes out without the dough adhering to it.
GINGER (PRESERVED). — Scald the young roots, and when tender peel them and throw them into cold water, changing the water frequently. Afterwards immerse them in a thin syrup for a few days, then put them into jars and pour over them a rich syrup.
GINGER, Tincture of. — Digest for a week in a gentle heat one ounce of ginger and a pint of proof spirits, then strain. Dose : From ten minims to one dram. Used to expel wind and to prevent the griping of medicines.
GLADIOLUS, General Treatment of. — The whole species of gladioli are more or less tender and are safest under pot culture. If planted in the open ground they must occupy a well drained position, be well protected from cold, and, during the winter, covered with six inches of dry leaves or sawdust. Propagate by division of the cones every four years.
GLANDS, For Displaced. — Mix with one ounce of spirits of hartshorn, two ounces of olive oil. Pour a little of the mixture into the palm of the hand and rub the throat gently upwards towards the ear. A piece of flannel may also be saturated with the liniment and tied round the neck
GLANDULAR ENLARGEMENTS, To Lessen.— Dissolve by a gentle heat two drams of scraped white soap and half a dram of extract of henbane in six ounces of olive oil. Rub the part well twice a day with about half an ounce of the mixture.
GLASS, Etching on. — Draw the required figures or designs with varnish upon the glass, and apply thereto a coating of aquafortis. The glass will become corroded and softened wherever the fluid touches it and may readily be cut away around the drawing. Remove the varnish and the figures will appear raised upon a dark ground.
Or, lay on the glass a ground of beeswax, draw thereon the design with a needle, as in etching upon metals, then pour on a little sulphuric acid and sprinkle it with fluor-spar ; after four or five hours, take it off and clean the work with oil of turpentine.
GLASS, Gilding on. — Dissolve in boiled linseed oil an equal weight of either amber or copal, then add as much oil of turpentine as will form a very thin size ; apply to the parts of the glass intended to be gilt. Make the glass hot in an oven, so that it will almost burn the hand when touched,
and apply leaf gold in the ordinary way ; sweep off the superfluous portions of the leaf, and when quite cold proceed to burnish, interposing a piece of India paper between the gold and the burnisher.
See also Gold Paint for Glass-work.
Records on this page
Ginger Beer, To Make SuperiorGingerbread, To Make