Miss Leslie's Lady's New Receipt-Book, 3rd ed. A Useful Guide for Large or Small Families, Containing Directions for Cooking, Preserving, Pickling...

Part 38

Chapter 382,399 wordsPublic domain

Glass, (to clean,) 210.

Glass stoppers, (to get out,) 210.

Gloves, (kid or hoskin--to wash,) 61.

Gloves, (white French thread--to clean,) 59.

Gloves, (gentlemen’s--to clean,) 62.

Gloves, (wash-leather--to wash,) 60.

Glue stiffening, 22.

Glue, (common,) 295.

Glue, (of rice,) 295.

Gold fish, (to take care of,) 375.

Gold muslin, (to wash,) 44.

Gold ornaments, (to clean,) 70.

Gown dress, (to make,) 425.

Grates for anthracite coal, 129.

Grease, (to extract from a dress,) 80.

Grease spots, (to remove from books,) 83.

Grease, (to remove from wall paper,) 84.

Green dye, 96.

Green dye for yarn, 103.

Green colouring for maps, 379.

Hard soap, (to make,) 17.

Hard soap, (fine--to make,) 18.

Hats, (beaver--to take care of,) 70.

Head-brushes, (to clean,) 72.

Hearths, (stone--to clean,) 201.

Hearths, (brick--to clean,) 201.

Heat marks, (to remove from a table,) 88.

Hints on evening parties, 280.

Hints on dress-making, 406.

Hoskin gloves, (to clean,) 61.

Hood, (a lady’s--to make,) 403.

House-cleaning, (preparations for,) 336.

House-cleaning, (finishing,) 342.

Household articles, (to pack,) 354.

Hydrants, 247.

Ink, (black--to make,) 376.

Ink, (durable--to make,) 378.

Ink, (red--to make,) 378.

Ink-stains, (to remove from a carpet,) 87.

Ink-stains, (to take out of mahogany,) 88.

Ink-stains, (to take out of a table-cover,) 86.

Ink-stains, (to take out of white clothes,) 87.

Ink-stains, (to take out of unpainted wood,) 88.

Ink, (marking--to take out,) 87.

Italian or patent iron, 29.

Ironing, 26.

Ironing silk, 31.

Ironing velvet, 30.

Iron, (polished--to preserve from rust,) 218.

Iron ware, 234.

Iron, (cement for when broken,) 293.

Japanned candlesticks, (to clean,) 209.

Japanned waiters, (to clean,) 208.

Jars, (to purify,) 224.

Keeping a cow, 355.

Kettles, (brass--to clean,) 219.

Kettles, (tea--to clean,) 221.

Kettles, (porcelain,) 220.

Kitchen clothes, 240.

Kitchen crockery, 233.

Kitchen furniture, 228.

Kitchen lamps, 163.

Knife rests, 254.

Knives, (to clean,) 213.

Lace, (cotton or bobbinet--to wash,) 51.

Lace, (thread--to wash,) 52, 53.

Lace, (gold--to clean,) 45.

Lace veil, (black--to wash,) 56.

Lace veil, (white--to wash,) 55.

Lamps, (astral,) 156.

Lamps, (astral--to manage,) 157.

Lamps, (chamber,) 162.

Lamps, (entry,) 160.

Lamps, (kitchen,) 163.

Lamps, (night,) 165.

Lamp oil, 155.

Lamp oil, (to take out of a carpet,) 83.

Lamp oil, (to take out of a floor,) 82.

Lamp-oil, (to extract from a dress,) 81.

Lamp oil, (to extract from a sofa,) 82.

Lamp rugs, 161.

Lanterns, 163.

Laundry work, 7.

Lawn, (bishop’s--to wash,) 46.

Leghorn bonnets, (to clean,) 67.

Linen, (to make up,) 386.

Linen, (mildewed--to restore,) 88.

Linen, (scorched--to restore,) 89.

Linen, (stained--to restore,) 90.

Linen window-blinds, 190.

Linen, (to whiten,) 89.

Looking-glasses, (to clean,) 211.

Lye, (to make,) 13.

Mahogany furniture, 192.

Mahogany furniture, (varnished--to clean,) 196.

Mahogany tables, (unvarnished--to clean,) 197.

Mahogany, (to remove ink-spots from,) 88.

Mahogany chairs and sofas, 198.

Maps, (to colour,) 380.

Marble, (white--to clean,) 199.

Marble, (coloured--to clean,) 200

Marble, (cement for,) 293.

Marabout feathers, (to clean,) 64.

Marking ink, (to take out,) 87.

Marseilles quilt, (to wash,) 313.

Mattresses, (to renew,) 66.

Mats for the table, 253.

Matting, (straw,) 184.

Merino dresses, (to wash,) 41.

Mice, 117.

Mildew, (to take out of linen,) 88

Mirrors, 300.

Mixture for stains, 91.

Moths, 115.

Mould candles, (to make,) 168.

Mourning chintz, (to wash,) 39.

Mousseline de laine, (to wash,) 41.

Mud, (to take out of a dress,) 86.

Muslin, (book--to wash,) 43.

Muslin, (gold or silver--to wash,) 44.

Muslin, (painted--to wash,) 42.

Muslins, (small--to do up,) 49.

Musquitoes, 112.

Nankeen, (to wash,) 48.

Nankeen colour, (to dye,) 99.

Napkins, 255.

New tin, (to remove its taste,) 225.

New wood, (to remove its taste,) 225.

Night gowns, (to make,) 398.

Night capes, (to make,) 403.

Nurseries, 323.

Oil cans, (to clean,) 155.

Oil cloths or painted carpets, 183.

Olive dye, 100.

Orange dye, 102.

Ornaments of gold, (to clean,) 70.

Oysters, (with cream,) 288.

Oyster patties, 289.

Packing a carpet bag, 352.

Packing glass and china, 347.

Packing household articles, 354.

Packing a large trunk, 349.

Paint, (to clean,) 339.

Paint, (to remove from a dress,) 84.

Paint, (to remove from a coat,) 85.

Paint, (to remove its smell,) 343.

Painted muslin, (to wash,) 42.

Pantry, 251.

Paper, (to make transparent,) 380.

Paper window-blinds, 190.

Paste, (common--for paper,) 294.

Paste, (cold,) 295.

Paste, (rye,) 295.

Pearls, (to clean,) 71.

Pelerines, (to make,) 426.

Pencil marks, (to preserve,) 381.

Pictures, 186.

Pink dye, 94.

Phials, (to wash,) 211.

Plate mixture, (fine,) 204.

Plate mixture, (another,) 204.

Plated candlesticks, (to clean,) 206.

Plated ware, (to clean,) 205.

Plates and dishes, (to wash,) 223.

Polishing dining-tables, 197.

Porcelain kettles, 220.

Poultry, (to draw,) 272.

Pounce, (to make,) 381.

Preparations for house-cleaning, 336.

Preparing rooms for summer, 344.

Pumps, 247.

Putty, (old--to soften,) 292.

Quilts, (to wash,) 312.

Quilts, (Marseilles--to wash,) 313

Quilts, (silk--to make,) 314.

Quilted wrappers, 402.

Rabbit skins, (to prepare,) 120.

Rag carpets, 185.

Rats, 117.

Receptacles for dresses, 298.

Refrigerators, 243.

Red dye, 94.

Red dye for yarn, 103.

Red colouring for maps, 379.

Remarks on bed-chambers, 296.

Remarks on domestic dyes, 93.

Remarks on dyeing yarn, 101.

Remarks on kitchens, 227.

Remarks on sewing-work, 382.

Remedies for stings, &c., 116.

Rennets, (to prepare,) 362.

Reticules, (travelling,) 352.

Ribbons, (to wash,) 56.

Rice glue, 295.

Rocking-chairs, 194.

Rush lights, 170.

Rust, (to take out of steel,) 217.

Safes, 244.

Salmon colour, (to dye,) 98.

Salt of lemon, 92.

Satin shoes, (white--to clean,) 91.

Scorched linen, (to restore,) 89.

Scrap jars, 195.

Scrubbing floors, 341.

Setting the dinner table, 256.

Sewing, 382.

Silk, (black--to wash,) 45.

Silk sleeves, (black--to restore,) 79.

Silk, (to iron,) 31.

Silk, (to keep,) 90.

Silk quilt, (to make,) 314.

Silver, (to clean,) 201.

Silver, (German--to clean,) 206.

Shirts, (to fold,) 349.

Shirts, (plain ones--to make,) 388.

Shirts with bosom pieces, 390.

Shirts open at the back of the neck, 391.

Shirt bosoms, (false--to make,) 393.

Shirt collars, (false--to make,) 392.

Short blinds for windows, 191.

Shrinking bobbinet, 62.

Shrinking cotton cord, 62.

Shrinking new flannel, 31, 32.

Skirt of a dress, (to make,) 420.

Skylights, 327.

Slate colour, (to dye,) 99.

Sleeves of a dress, (to make,) 416.

Slop buckets, (to purify,) 224.

Small muslins, (to wash,) 49.

Small wax candles, (to make,) 169.

Soap fat, (to keep from moulding,) 14, 15.

Soap, (common hard--to make,) 17.

Soap, (fine hard--to make,) 18.

Soft soap, (to make,) 15.

Soda, (for washing,) 24.

Sofas and mahogany chairs, 198.

Spark, (to extract from the eye,) 150.

Spermaceti, (to take out,) 85.

Spots of tar and turpentine, (to remove,) 81.

Sprinkling and folding clothes, 26.

Squirrel-skins, (to prepare,) 120.

Stains, (to remove from black crape,) 85.

Stains, (to remove from table-linen,) 78.

Stains, (to remove from silk,) 79.

Stains, (to remove from silver spoons,) 204.

Stains of stove pipes, or soot, 83.

Stair carpets, 179.

Stair rods, (to clean,) 219.

Starch, (common--to prepare,) 20.

Starch, (gum-arabic,) 21.

Starch of home manufacture, 20.

Starch made with coffee, 21.

Steel, (to remove its rust,) 217.

Stockings, (black worsted--to wash,) 34.

Stockings, (black silk--to wash,) 58.

Stockings, (white silk--to wash,) 57.

Stockings, (silk--to tinge pink,) 58.

Stockings, (French thread--to wash,) 59.

Stockings, (unbleached cotton--to wash,) 59.

Stockings, (woollen--to wash,) 33.

Stone hearths, (to clean,) 201.

Stopping door and window cracks, 322.

Store-rooms, 248.

Stoves, (blacking for,) 216.

Stoves, (close,) 125.

Stoves for coal, 125.

Stoves for wood, 127.

Straw bonnets, (to clean,) 67.

Straw matting, 184.

Supper parties, 287.

Swansdown capes or tippets, (to clean,) 63.

Table, (breakfast--to set,) 274.

Table, (dinner--to set,) 256.

Table, (to wait on,) 261.

Table-linen, 255.

Table mixture, 197.

Tapers, (floating,) 163.

Tapers, (floating--very cheap,) 166.

Tapers, (floating--to renew,) 164.

Tar or turpentine spots, (to remove,) 81.

Tea-kettles, (to clean,) 221.

Tea-table, (to set,) 279.

Tea things, (to wash,) 222.

Tea urns, (to clean,) 208.

Tin dish-covers, (to clean,) 207.

Tins, (common--to clean,) 208.

Tin, (new--to remove its taste of rosin,) 225.

Tin ware, 236.

Thread gloves and stockings, (to wash,) 59.

Toilet tables, 300.

Tortoise shell, (to clean, and mend,) 71.

Trunks, (to pack,) 349.

Turkeys, (to keep,) 367.

Venetian blinds, 190.

Vials, (to wash,) 211.

Waiting on table, 261.

Walls, 171.

Washing bed-feathers, 64.

Washing with soda, 24.

Washing white clothes, 22.

Washing-stands, 301.

Wax, (to take out of cloth,) 85.

Wax candles, (small ones--to make,) 169.

Wax-polish, (for furniture,) 197.

Whiting, (very fine,) 205.

Whitening clothes, 25.

White satin shoes, (to clean,) 91.

White-washing, 338.

Wilmington clay balls, 92.

Window cracks, (to stop,) 322.

Window-blinds of linen, 190.

Window blinds of paper, 190.

Window panes, (to mend,) 292.

Window washing, 340.

Wood, 121.

Wood fires, 122.

Wood stove fires, 123.

Wooden ware, 238.

Woollen shawls, (to wash,) 37.

Woollen stockings, (to wash,) 33.

Woollen table-covers, (to wash,) 36.

Woollen yarn, (to wash,) 34.

Worsted stockings, (black--to wash,) 34.

Wrappers, (double--to make,) 401

Wrappers, (quilted--to make,) 402

Yellow dye, 95.

Yellow dye for yarn, 103.

Transcriber’s Note

The following typographical errors were corrected:

Page Error 17 tarrigon changed to tarragon 30 in a seive changed to in a sieve FN 25-* at the bottom changed to at the bottom. 43 made in the preportion changed to made in the proportion 88 POULTRY, GAME, ETC changed to POULTRY, GAME, ETC. 92 till it become changed to till it becomes 103 moistened with water changed to moistened with water. 119 has been in fiifteen changed to has been in fifteen 119 render them tough changed to render them tough. 123 eight eggs a slight changed to eight eggs as light 136 GREEN FRITTERS changed to GREEN FRITTERS. 227 black-cake changed to black-cake. 256 thoroughly incorporaied. changed to thoroughly incorporated. 273 is a coal fire changed to is a coal fire. 285 foot bath, ill changed to foot bath, till 353 Massachusets; changed to Massachusetts; 366 ham omelet; cucumbers: changed to ham omelet; cucumbers; 377 Stewed rock-fish: changed to Stewed rock-fish; 378 peas; aspargus changed to peas; asparagus 379 egg-plant--Peach pie: changed to egg-plant--Peach pie; 384 stewed beets: potatoe snow changed to stewed beets; potatoe snow 385 plovers; scolloped tomatoes changed to plovers; scolloped tomatoes; 385 lemon ice-crean. changed to lemon ice-cream. 386 There are two menus numbered 3 391 enough to accomodate changed to enough to accommodate 403 you can procure changed to you can procure. 407 brocoli changed to broccoli 464 a handful at at changed to a handful at 468 Then, having changed to Then, (having 474 hazle-nut changed to hazel-nut 490 must be soked changed to must be soaked 495 gardenants, changed to garden ants, 495 Apple marmalade, 191. changed to Apple marmalade, 171. 495 Austrian cake, 146. changed to Austrian cake, 196. 495 Autumn soup, 4. changed to Autumn soup, 8. 495 stewed brown, 69 changed to stewed brown, 69. 495 Bergamot water, 113. changed to Bergamot water, 254. 495 jelly, (fine,) 171. changed to jelly, (fine,) 174. 496 188-299 changed to 188, 229 496 Bread, (rice.) 189. changed to Bread, (rice,) 189. 496 Brown fricassee, 24. changed to Brown fricassee, 94. 496 Cabbage, (red, to stew,) 37. changed to Cabbage, (red, to stew,) 39. 496 Cake, lemon, 210. changed to Cake, lemon, 200. 496 Cakes, light seed, 215. changed to Cakes, light seed, 214. 496 Charlotte pudding, 127. changed to Charlotte pudding, 126. 496 keep it sweet, 249. changed to keep it sweet, 247. 497 Cocoa, 244. changed to Cocoa, 245. 497 to preserve, 303. changed to to preserve, 308. 497 Columbian soup changed to Columbian soap 497 between the toes, 327. changed to between the toes, 283. 497 (antidote for,) 231. changed to (antidote for,) 291. 497 Custard, (green,) 131. changed to Custard, (green,) 130. 497 both sides, 336. changed to both sides, 335. 497 Embroidering standards, 335. changed to Embroidering standards, 336. 498 French chicken pie, 85. changed to French chicken pie, 89. 498 Green custard, 131. changed to Green custard, 130. 498 Ham toast, 87. changed to Ham toast, 86. 499 Indian pudding, (fine,) 115. changed to Indian pudding, (fine,) 116. 499 Jam, (damson,) 174. changed to Jam, (damson,) 175. 499 look like new, 302. changed to look like new, 301. 499 Lip salve, red, 287. changed to Lip salve, red, 289. 499 Maccaroni blanc-mange, 149. changed to Maccaroon blanc-mange, 149. 499 Muffins, (bread,) 188--229. changed to Muffins, (bread,) 188, 229. 500 Notions, 235. changed to Notions, 217. 500 Opodeldoc, 270. changed to Opodeldoc, 290. 500 Orange tarts, 14. changed to Orange tarts, 141. 500 and turkey,) 62. changed to and turkey,) 63. 500 (very fine,) 179. changed to (very fine,) 177. 500 Perpetual paste, 251. changed to Perpetual paste, 257. 501 Pudding, lady’s, 127. changed to Pudding, lady’s, 128. 501 Putting away woollens, 309. changed to Putting away woollens, 310. 501 Red lip-salve, 284. changed to Red lip-salve, 289. 501 Rennets, 63. changed to Rennets, 163. 501 Rhubarb cups, 147 changed to Rhubarb cups, 147. 501 Rice-flour bread, 196. changed to Rice-flour bread, 190. 501 Rolls, (long,) 19. changed to Rolls, (long,) 191. 502 Soup, spring, 3. changed to Soup, spring, 7. 502 Soup, summer, 4. changed to Soup, summer, 8. 502 Soup, winter, 5. changed to Soup, winter, 9. 502 Soup-meat, 17. changed to Soup-meat, 16. 502 Spinach, (French way,) 48. changed to Spinach, (French way,) 45. 502 Sweetmeat dumplings, 248. changed to Sweetmeat dumplings, 133. 502 Sweetmeat fritters, 133. changed to Sweetmeat fritters, 135. 503 always new, 302. changed to always new, 301. 503 Tokay wine, (domestic,) 333. changed to Tokay wine, (domestic,) 233. 503 cravats, &c., 309. changed to cravats, &c., 300. 503 Water-ice, (cherry, changed to Water-ice, (cherry,) 503 Winter soup, 5. changed to Winter soup, 9. 503 Woollens, to put away, 309. changed to Woollens, to put away, 310. 503 for walls, 264. changed to for walls, 263. 504 home-made,) 456. changed to Yeast, home-made,) 458. 505 Bed-rooms, to changed to Bed-rooms, (to 507 (varnished mahogany changed to (varnished mahogany, 509 to extract from a dress changed to (to extract from a dress 509 Mattrasses changed to Mattresses 512 Washing white clothes, 22 changed to Washing white clothes, 22.

The following words were inconsistently spelled.

A-la-mode / Alamode band-boxes / bandboxes Blanc-mange / Blancmange BLANC-MANGE / BLANCMANGE brick-dust / brickdust butter-milk / buttermilk chesnut / chestnut force-meat / forcemeat goose-berries / gooseberries Indian / indian madeira / Madeira moor-fowl / moorfowl nasturtian / nasturtion parboil / par-boil parboiling / par-boiling paste-board / pasteboard pearlash / pearl-ash salt-petre / saltpetre saucepan / sauce-pan soufflé / soufflée sweet-meat / sweetmeat sweet-meats / sweet-meats teacup / tea-cup teacupful / tea-cupful / tea-cupfull / teacup-full / teacupful tomato / tomatoe / tomata tomatoes / tomatas tea-cups / teacups tea-spoon / teaspoon tea-spoonful / teaspoonful tea-spoonfuls / teaspoonfuls tomato / tomata / tomatoe under-done / underdone white-wash / whitewash white-washing / whitewashing