Part 17 (2/2)

57. _Subst.i.tute for Milk and Cream in Tea or Coffee._

Beat the white of a fresh egg in a bowl, and turn on to it gradually boiling tea or coffee. It is difficult to distinguish the taste from rich cream.

58. _To Cure b.u.t.ter._

Take two parts of the best common salt, one part of sugar and one of saltpetre, blend the whole well together. Mix one ounce of this composition well with every sixteen ounces of the b.u.t.ter. Close it up tight in kegs, cover it with an oiled paper, and let it remain untouched for a month. b.u.t.ter cured in this manner is very nice, and will keep good eight or nine months, if not exposed to the air.

59. _To make salt b.u.t.ter Fresh._

Put four pounds of salt b.u.t.ter into a churn, with four quarts of new milk and a small portion of annatto. Churn them together, take out the b.u.t.ter in the course of an hour, and treat it like fresh b.u.t.ter, working in the usual quant.i.ty of salt; a little white sugar improves it. This is said to be equal to fresh b.u.t.ter in every respect. The salt may be got out of a small quant.i.ty at a time, by working it over in fresh water, changing the water several times.

60. _To take Rankness from a small quant.i.ty of b.u.t.ter._

Take a quant.i.ty that is to be made use of, put it into a bowl filled with boiling water with a little saleratus in it, let it remain until cold, then take it off carefully and work it over with a little salt. By this method it is separated from the grosser particles.

61. _Windsor Soap._

To make this celebrated soap for shaving and was.h.i.+ng the hands, nothing more is necessary than to slice the best white soap as thin as possible and melt it over a slow fire. When melted take it up, when lukewarm scent it with the oil of caraway or any other oil that is more agreeable, then turn it into moulds and let it remain in a dry situation several days. It will then be fit for use.

62. _To make Bayberry or Myrtle Soap._

To a pound of bayberry tallow, put a pint of potash lye, strong enough to bear up an egg. Boil them together till it becomes soap. Then put in half a tea cup of cold water, let it boil several minutes longer. Take it off, and when partly cooled put in a few drops of the essence of wintergreen, pour it into moulds and let it remain several days. This soap is good for shaving, and is an excellent thing for chapped hands and eruptions on the face.

63. _Cold Soap._

To twenty pounds of white potash put ten of grease, previously melted and strained. Mix it well together with a pailful of cold water, let it remain several days, then stir in several more pailsful of cold water.

Continue to pour in cold water at intervals of two or three days, stirring it up well each time. As soon as the water begins to thin it, it is time to leave off adding it. This method of making soap is much easier than any other, while it is equally cheap and good. If you have not land to enrich with your ashes they can be disposed of to advantage at the soap boiler's.

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