Part 11 (1/2)

No 207 APPLE-WATER DRINK

Slice up thinly three or four apples without peeling them, and boil them in a very clean saucepan with a quart of water and a little sugar until the slices of apples are becoh a piece of clean e should be drunk when cold; it is considered beneficial in aiding to allay sobtic eruptions

No 208 HOW TO MAKE A SOOTHING DRINK FOR COUGHS

Take of marsh-mallow roots and of liquorice roots each one ounce; of linseed, half an ounce; shave the roots very thinly; put them and the linseed into a clean earthen pot with one quart of hot water, cover with the lid, and set the whole on the hob of the fire to simmer for half an hour or , sweeten with honey, and when it has becoiven in small quantities several tie isfroravel, etc

No 209 LINSEED TEA

Put a table-spoonful of linseed into a clean earthen pot or pipkin with a quart of water, and a little orange or leently for about ten ; sweeten with honey or sugar, add the juice of a lee to allay irritation of the chest and lungs--in the latter case, the lemon juice had better be omitted

Linseed tea in its purest for to relieve such as are afflicted with gout, gravel, etc

No 210 CAMOMILE TEA

Put about thirty flowers into a jug, pour a pint of boiling water upon them, cover up the tea, and when it has stood about ten ; sweeten with sugar or honey; drink a tea-cupful of it fasting in the ans, and restore the liver to healthier action A tea-cupful of cae dessert-spoonful ofto aded people a couple of hours before their dinner

No 211 BALM AND BURRAGE TEA

These, as well as all other medicinal herbs, arden, when you are so fortunate as to live in a cottage of your own in the country; they are also to be obtained froe a s, pour in upon the herbs a quart of boiling water, allow the tea to stand for ten , and let it becoe for persons whose system has become heated from any cause

No 212 SAGE OR MARYGOLD TEA

Put a dozen sage leaves into a tea-pot, pour boiling water upon the the tea to stand for five or ten ar and milk, in the same way and instead of the cheaper kinds of teas, which are sold for foreign teas, but which are too often co the real plant, without any of its genuine fragrance, and are, from their spurious and almost poisonous nature, calculated to produce evil to all who consu expensive articles

Teas olds, and more particularly the leaf of the black currant tree, fore; and, if used in equal proportions, would be found to answer very well as a most satisfactory substitute for bad and expensive tea

No 213 HOW TO STEW RED CABBAGES

The use of the red cabbage in this country is confined to its being pickled almost raw, and eaten in that detestable and injurious state, whereby its anti-sobtic powers are annulled

The red cabbage, when merely boiled with bacon, or with a little butter and salt, is both nutritious and beneficial in a reat virtue in all sobtic and dartrous affections On the Continent it is customary to administer it in such cases in the forelatinized state

The red cabbage, stewed in the following manner, will be found a very tasty dish:--Slice up the red cabbage rather thin, wash it well, drain it, and then put it into a saucepan with a little dripping or butter, a gill of vinegar, pepper and salt; put the lid on, and set the cabbage to stely on the hob, stirring it occasionally froentle steill suffice to cook it thoroughly All kinds of cabbage or kail are anti-sobtic agents

No 214 HOW TO MAKE TOAST WATER

Toast a piece of bread thoroughly browned to its centre without being _burnt_, put it into a jug, pour boiling water upon it, cover over and allow it to stand and steep until it has cooled; it will then be fit to drink