Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt-book: Designed as a Supplement to Her Treatise on Domestic Economy |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
apples arrowroot bake Beat beaten beef boiling water bread butter and sugar cake chopped cold water cooked cool cover custard deep dish dish dissolved domestic drawn butter drinks eggs flavor flour four fruit grated gravy griddle half a pint Half a pound half an hour home-brewed housekeeper isinglass jelly juice keep lard layer lemon peel let it boil loaf sugar meat minutes molasses nutmeg ounces oven pans pearlash pepper pickles pint pint of milk plates pork potatoes pound of sugar powdered pudding quart quart of milk rennet rice roasted rose water sal volatile sauce scald sifted flour slices soak soup sour spice spoonful stew stiff froth stir strain sweet sweeten syrup tablespoonfuls Tapioca tartaric acid taste tea-cup teaspoonful of salt thin tight vinegar warm wash whey white sugar wine yeast yolks
Popular passages
Page 273 - If a stranger sojourn with, you in your land, ye shall not vex him, but the stranger that dwelleth among you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thoushalt
Page 4 - Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century. By Miss PARDOE. With numerous Engravings, Portraits, &c. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $3 50. The Philosophy of Life and Philosophy of
Page 172 - Then beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, and stir them in, and let the whole boil till the egg is well mixed, but do not stir while it boils. Strain through a jelly-bag, and then add the wine.
Page 288 - so as to make the crayons as long as the width of the board. It is then laid in the sun, if in hot weather, or if in winter, near a stove or fireplace, where the crayons may dry gradually, which will require twelve hours. When thoroughly dry they are fit for use. " An experienced hand will make 150 in an hour.
Page 160 - Keep pickles only in wood, or stone ware, Stir pickles occasionally, and if there are soft ones, take them out and scald the vinegar, and pour it hot over the pickles. Keep enough vinegar to cover them well. If it is weak, take fresh vinegar, and pour on
Page 160 - or brass vessels for pickling, never allow the vinegar to cool in them, as it then is poisonous. Add a tablespoonful of alum and a tea-cup of salt to each three gallons of vinegar, and tie up a bag with pepper, ginger-root, and spices of all sorts in it, and you have vinegar prepared for any kind of common pickling.
Page 11 - stomach for a time, their continual use never fails to produce an indirect debility of that organ. They affect it as alcohol and other stimulants do—the present relief afforded is at the expense of future suffering.
Page 287 - of an inch thick, in order to raise it so much above the under board as that the crayon, when brought to its proper size, may lie between them without being flattened.
Page 288 - one-third of an inch wide, and rolled separately between these boards until smooth and round. " Near at hand should be another board 3 feet long and 4 inches wide, across which each crayon, as it is made, should be laid, so that the ends may project on each side—the crayons should be laid in close contact, and straight. When the board is filled, the ends should
Page 13 - vomiting. It appears to me, that the greater tendency which some oily substances have than others to disturb the stomach, depends on the greater facility with which they evolve volatile, fatty acids, which are for the most part exceedingly acrid and irritating. The