A new system of domestic cookery : formed upon principles of economy and adapted to the use of private families / by a lady.

  • Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby, 1745-1828.
Date:
1827
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A new system of domestic cookery : formed upon principles of economy and adapted to the use of private families / by a lady. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    Page Black paper for drawing patterns 391 Black ink 391 Another way 392 To cement broken china . . 392 An excellent stucco that will adhere to wood-work . . . 392 Mason’s washes for stucco: blue and yellow 392 Roman cement or mortar, for outside plastering or brick-work 393 To take stains, iron moulds, and mildew out of linen . 393 To make flannels keep their colour, and not shrink .. 394 To preserve furs and wool- lens from moths 394 To die the linings of fur- niture different colours .. 394 To die gloves to look like York tan or Limerick, ac- cording to the deepness of the dye 395 To die white gloves a beau- tiful purple 395 A liquor to wash old deeds, &c on paper or parch- ment, when the writing is obliterated, or when sunk, to make it legible . 396 To prevent the rot in sheep 396 To prevent green hay from firing 396 To preserve a granary from insects or weasels 396 To destroy crickets 396 Directions for. Ser- • vants 396 To clean calico furniture, when taken down for the summer 396 To clean plate 397 To clean looking-glasses ... 397 To preserve gilding, and clean it 397 To clean paint 398 To clean paper hangings . . 398 Page To give a gloss to fine oak- wainscot 393 To give a fine colour to ma- hogany 398 To take ink out of ma- hogany 399 Floor cloths 399 To clean floor cloths ..... 400 To dust carpets and floors . 400 To clean carpets 400 To give to boards a beauti- ful appearance 400 To extract oil from boards or stone 401 To clean stone stairs and hails 401 To blacken the fronts of stone chimney-pieces 401 To take stains out of marble 401 To take iron stains out of marble 401 To preserve iron from rust . 402 Another way 402 To take rust out of steel. . . 402 To clean the back of the grate, the inner hearth, and the fronts of cast-iron stoves 402 Another way to clean cast- iron, and black hearths . 402 To take the black off the bright bars of polished stoves in a few minutes . 403 To clean tin covers, and patent pewter pots .... 403 To prevent the creeking of a door 403 A strong paste for paper . . 403 Fine blacking for shoes . . . 403 Bills of fare 404 Family dinners 407 General remarks on dinners 416 On suppers 418 Index 419